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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 31, 2019McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2019, 8:18 PM CDT for McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 68 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2019, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2019, 3:01 PM CDT
In force: 68 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River near Williston (WLTN8). The gauge peaked at 24.74 ft at Jun 24, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06330000, 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 May 31, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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.