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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 10, 2014Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood advisory at Mar 10, 2014, 10:36 AM CDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2014, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2014, 10:31 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mercer County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spring Creek (ND) at Zap (ZAPN8).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06340000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 10, 10:31 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 10:31 AM CDT, 5 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
Mar 10, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Williams	56 hr
Mar 10, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton, Sioux	36 hr
Mar 10, 12:43 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	45 hr
Mar 10, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	3 days
Mar 10, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley, Morton, Stutsman	144 days
Mar 10, 4:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Sioux	6 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Dakota, 2014 Every river flood advisory in 2014

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.