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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 30, 2014Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 30, 2014, 2:26 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 71 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2014, 10:21 AM CDT
In force
71 days
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 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 16.94 ft at Jul 6, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT.

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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 Jun 30, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
957 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-011500-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
857 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MDT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY
WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
THROUGH TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

NDZ005-009-012-013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-011500-
ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
957 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 /857 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY
WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

NDZ001>004-010-011-011500-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
957 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN OVERLAND FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND SEVEN INCHES FELL SATURDAY AND
INTO SUNDAY ACROSS THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE SOURIS BASIN...THE
DES LACS BASIN...AND INTO THE LONG CREEK AREA. RUNOFF FROM
THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD OVERLAND FLOODING...INCLUDING
MANY COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS. ALSO...RISES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR THE SOURIS RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE DARLING. THOSE
LIVING ALONG THE SOURIS SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY
WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:04 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more16 hr
Jun 30, 3:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 19 more16 hr
Jun 30, 2:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISMcHenry28 days
Jun 30, 2:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISMcHenry29 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2014Every 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.