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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 21, 2019Dunn County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2019, 8:29 AM MDT for Dunn County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 21, 2019, 4:48 PM MDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2019, 8:29 AM MDT (14:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2019, 4:48 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2019, 7:20 AM MDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Dunn County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 Knife River (ND) at Manning (MNGN8). The gauge peaked at 15.35 ft at Mar 22, 2019, 9:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06339100, 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 Mar 20, 5:23 PM MDT, 15 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 5:23 PM MDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 5:35 PM MDT, 14 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 8:29 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISMercer, Oliver17 hr
Mar 21, 11:17 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams12 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.