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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 22, 201621 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood watch at Jul 22, 2016, 3:47 AM CDT for 21 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2016, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 12:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 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
Jul 22, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	37 min
Jul 22, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	65 min
Jul 22, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	66 min
Jul 22, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	58 min
Jul 22, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Sioux	15 hr
Jul 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	57 min
Jul 22, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	44 min
Jul 22, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	61 min

Nearby

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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.