Mar 6, 2009
This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009. Bismarck, for example, had the snowiest December on record, which was also the snowiest month ever on record, with 33.3 inches of snow in December 2008. March 2009 was the fifth snowiest month on record with 29.7 inches. For the entire season Bismarck ended up the second snowiest on record with 100.3 inches. A similar scenario played out all acros
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 161306). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kidder County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.