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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 25, 2014Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2014, 3:32 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 25, 2014, 9:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2014, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2014, 9:24 PM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2014, 9:07 PM CDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 54 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 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 Foxholm (FOXN8).

Action stage
1572 ft
Minor stage
1573 ft
Moderate stage
1576 ft
Major stage
1578 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05116000, 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 25, 2:36 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:36 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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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.