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Flood — Sargent, ND

Apr 1, 2009

This flood event began for many counties in late March, then continued through April and into May. After the winter storm event that dumped up to two feet of snow over portions of the region from March 29th through April 1st, temperatures remained below normal through the tenth of the month. Luckily, there were no other big rain or snow events through this time. However, being early April, the snowpack left on the ground did continue to melt. The remaining snowpack was deepest across the Devils

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 157700). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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