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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 9, 2014Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2014, 3:39 PM CDT for Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2014, 11:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2014, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2014, 11:30 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cannonball River at Breien (BREN8). The gauge peaked at 11.71 ft at Apr 11, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06354000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Apr 9, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 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
Apr 9, 2:51 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	17 hr
Apr 9, 10:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Dickey	8 hr
Apr 9, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2014 Every river flood warning 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.