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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 31, 2013Dunn County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood watch at May 31, 2013, 12:35 PM MDT for Dunn County, North Dakota. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2013, 12:35 PM MDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 8:59 AM MDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

County Dunn County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Knife River (ND) at Manning (MNGN8). The gauge peaked at 14.51 ft at Jun 1, 2013, 1:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06339100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at May 31, 12:13 PM MDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:13 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	McLean	12 hr
May 31, 7:28 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 13 more	9 hr
May 31, 9:50 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Stutsman	24 hr
May 31, 10:02 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Morton	36 hr
May 31, 10:58 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	58 hr
May 31, 11:50 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	10 days
May 31, 11:50 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	71 hr
May 31, 11:50 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	11 days
May 31, 12:35 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	20 hr
May 31, 12:35 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer	10 hr
May 31, 12:59 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		10 hr
May 31, 4:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Ward	24 hr
May 31, 5:26 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan and 1 more	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2013 Every river flood watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.