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North Dakota, Oliver

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 5:13 PM MDT on May 19, 2013

Expires 8:00 AM EDT on May 21, 2013


... Flood Watch remains in effect through Tuesday morning...

The Flood Watch continues for

* portions of north central North Dakota... northwest North
Dakota... south central North Dakota... southeast North Dakota
and southwest North Dakota... including the following
counties... in north central North Dakota... Bottineau...
McHenry... Pierce... Renville... Rolette and Ward. In northwest
North Dakota... Burke... Divide... McKenzie... Mountrail and
Williams. In south central North Dakota... Burleigh... Emmons...
Grant... Kidder... McLean... Mercer... Morton... Oliver...
Sheridan... Sioux and Wells. In southeast North Dakota...
Dickey... Foster... La Moure... Logan... McIntosh and Stutsman. In
southwest North Dakota... Adams... Billings... Bowman... Dunn...
Golden Valley... Hettinger... slope and Stark.

* Through Tuesday morning

* additional moderate to heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms
are expected tonight through Monday... with additional rainfall
amounts of two to four inches.

* Some areas in the watch... from Bowman to Bismarck and into
Jamestown... have already received two to four inches of
rainfall during the past couple of days... and may be
especially prone to flooding.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding. Monitor
forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living
in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to move to higher
ground should flooding develop.





Record Report

Statement as of 7:27 PM CDT on May 19, 2013


... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Bismarck ND...

a record rainfall of 1.45 inch(es) was set at Bismarck ND today.
This breaks the old record of 1.36 set in 1877.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Dickinson ND...

a record rainfall of 1.04 inch(es) was set at Dickinson ND today.
This breaks the old record of 0.47 set in 1983.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Jamestown ND...

a record rainfall of 0.99 inch(es) was set at Jamestown ND today.
This breaks the old record of 0.34 set in 1983.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Minot ND...

a record rainfall of 1.13 inch(es) was set at Minot ND today.
This breaks the old record of 1.04 set in 1994.


Local Storm Report



05/19/2013 0417 PM

1 miles SW of Hannover, Oliver County.

Heavy rain m1.43 inch, reported by public.


            Total rainfall since midnight.





05/19/2013 0417 PM

1 miles SW of Hannover, Oliver County.

Heavy rain m1.43 inch, reported by public.


            Total rainfall since midnight.



Public Information Statement

Statement as of 11:06 PM CDT on May 19, 2013


... Summary of flood products as of Sunday evening...

Flood Watch for all of western and central North Dakota through
Monday night. An additional 2 to 4 inches of rain is possible on
top of what has already fallen across the area since Thursday.
Minor overland flooding is possible in addition to river and
stream rises.

Flood warnings are in effect for these areas...

In the Souris river basin...

For the Souris river near Towner... minor flooding is forecast.

For the Souris river near Bantry... minor flooding is occurring.

For the Souris river near Westhope... moderate flooding through
the week.

In the Missouri River basin...

Flood warnings are in effect for... the little Muddy river near
Williston... minor flood stage is forecast by late Monday night.

The Apple Creek near Menoken may make an in bank rise to just shy
of flood stage by Monday evening.

The Beaver Creek near Linton and the Cannonball river at Breien
may rise to minor flood stage by Wednesday.

In the James River basin...

For the Pipestem creek near Pingree... minor flooding is possible
by Monday night... with moderate flooding possible by early Wednesday
morning.

For the James River near Grace City... minor flooding may be
possible by Wednesday morning.

River and stream forecasts are highly dependent on rainfall
amounts the next 48 hours.

For detailed information in your area... visit
www.Weather.Gov/bis. For information on river stages and
forecasts click on the rivers and lakes tab near the top of the
main Page.


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