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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 21, 2023Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2023, 6:42 AM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2023, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2023, 10:44 AM CDT
In force
41 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Bottineau County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Souris River near Westhope (WSTN8). The gauge peaked at 11.26 ft at May 23, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
1413 ft
Minor stage
1414 ft
Moderate stage
1418 ft
Major stage
1420 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05124000, 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 Apr 20, 6:46 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:46 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 3:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISFoster68 hr

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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.