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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 22, 2019Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 22, 2019, 9:16 AM CDT for Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2019, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2019, 11:18 PM CDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Knife River (ND) near Hazen (HZNN8). The gauge peaked at 23.56 ft at Mar 23, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06340500, 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 22, 8:56 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 8:56 AM CDT, 20 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
Mar 21, 9:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	3 days
Mar 22, 4:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons and 13 more	6 hr
Mar 22, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Mercer	38 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2019 Every 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.