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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 12, 2023Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2023, 8:10 AM CDT for Mercer County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2023, 8:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2023, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2023, 8:29 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2023, 10:02 AM CDT
In force
3 days
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 13:11 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) near Hazen (HZNN8).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISMorton22 hr
Apr 12, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISMercer48 hr
Apr 12, 10:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver and 1 more28 hr
Apr 12, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux and 2 more28 hr
Apr 12, 5:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISWard27 hr

Nearby

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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.