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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 22, 2019Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2019, 8:41 AM CDT for Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 22, 2019, 8:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2019, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 22, 2019, 8:48 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2019, 10:21 AM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cannonball River at Breien (BREN8). The gauge peaked at 11.19 ft at Sep 22, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06354000, 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 Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT, 14 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT, 14 hours 40 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.