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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 29, 2014McHenry County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2014, 10:19 AM CDT for McHenry County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2014, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2014, 11:22 AM CDT
In force: 27 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County McHenry County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Souris River near Bantry (BANN8). The gauge peaked at 12.16 ft at May 15, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 1439 ft
Minor stage: 1440 ft
Moderate stage: 1441 ft
Major stage: 1443 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05122000, 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 28, 3:52 PM CDT, 18 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:52 PM CDT, 18 hours 27 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.