North Dakota, 2023

Flooding in North Dakota, April 11 to 30, 2023

April 11 to 30, 2023 · NWS BIS · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

The spring snow melt of 2023 saw many areas of flooding over North Dakota due to a record deep snow pack and relatively fast melt. Multiple counties experienced infrastructure damage due to the flooding.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.9 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.

The spring snow melt of 2023 saw many areas of flooding over North Dakota due to a record deep snow pack and relatively fast melt. Multiple counties experienced infrastructure damage due to the flooding. In addition, during the morning hours of April 16, a flood death (direct) occurred as a 54 year old female was driving a 2004 Ford Escape along ND Highway 66 near the intersection of 47th Avenue NE, to the northwest of Mylo, Rolette County. The road was covered with water and ice due to snow melt flooding, and temperatures below freezing. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which went into the north ditch, rolled and overturned onto its roof in the flooded ditch. The driver died (direct).

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

15 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Mercer

When: April 11, 12:00 AM CST to April 20, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mercer County, 20.94 mi NNW of Golden Vly to 14.45 mi NW of Golden Vly
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $70,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.570, -102.200

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Mountrail

When: April 11, 12:00 AM CST to April 20, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mountrail County, 13.51 mi NNW of Tagus to 1.55 mi N of White Earth
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $110,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 48.540, -102.000

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Morton

When: April 11, 12:00 AM CST to April 20, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Morton County, 5.6 mi NNW of Hebron to 10.08 mi SSW of Hebron
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $450,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 46.970, -102.090

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure, which includes damage caused by an ice jam in Mandan along the Heart River.

Flood, Golden Valley

When: April 11, 12:00 AM MST to April 20, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Golden Valley County, 5.62 mi W of Trotters to 11.24 mi SSW of Golva
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $140,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.320, -104.040

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Rolette

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Rolette County, 5.06 mi NW of Mylo to 3.64 mi WNW of Mylo
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 48.676, -99.686

During the morning hours of April 16, a flood death (direct) occurred as a 54 year old female was driving along ND Highway 66 near the intersection of 47th Avenue NE, to the northwest of Mylo. The road was covered with water and ice due to snow melt flooding, and temperatures below freezing. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which went into the north ditch, rolled and overturned onto its roof in the flooded ditch. The driver died (direct).

Flood, Burke

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Burke County, 9.45 mi NNW of Larson to 10.97 mi SSW of Larson
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 49.000, -102.930

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Dickey

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dickey County, 13.16 mi WNW of Merricourt to 6.69 mi W of Forbes
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 46.280, -99.000

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Foster

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Foster County, 5.76 mi WNW of Barlow to 4.25 mi SW of Carrington Arpt
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.590, -99.270

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, La Moure

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: La Moure County, 2.51 mi NW of Alfred to 13.92 mi WSW of Edgeley
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 46.630, -99.030

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Stutsman

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Stutsman County, 15.03 mi NW of Woodworth to 8.69 mi NW of Medina
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.330, -99.480

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Ward

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ward County, 4.25 mi SSE of Donnybrook to 1.96 mi S of Makoti
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $90,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 48.460, -101.850

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Wells

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wells County, 7.36 mi WNW of Harvey Arpt to 7.45 mi SW of Harvey
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.850, -100.070

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, McHenry

When: April 16, 12:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: McHenry County, 15.02 mi WNW of Upham to 12.5 mi W of Kongsberg
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $140,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 48.630, -101.040

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Dunn

When: April 16, 12:00 AM MST to April 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Dunn County, 25.28 mi NW of Killdeer to 21.73 mi W of Killdeer
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $540,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 47.670, -103.080

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

Flood, Hettinger

When: April 16, 12:00 AM MST to April 30, 11:59 PM MST
Where: Hettinger County, 7.43 mi NE of New England Arpt to 18.47 mi S of New England
Cause: Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 46.630, -102.920

Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Flood, Rolette	2023-04-16	54	Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Dakota in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, April 2023

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1094335, 1094347, 1094362, 1094355, 1088298, 1094377, 1094412, 1094420, 1094433, 1094597, 1094601, 1094602, 1094603, 1094363, 1094428.