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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2014, 11:54 AM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2014, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2014, 10:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Bottineau County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Souris River near Westhope (WSTN8). The gauge peaked at 10.06 ft at Apr 16, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 1413 ft
- Minor stage
- 1414 ft
- Moderate stage
- 1418 ft
- Major stage
- 1420 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05124000, 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 15, 9:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 9:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 8 days |
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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.