Mar 30, 2017
Over the winter of 2016-2017, the most snow fell across the Devils Lake basin up into northeast North Dakota. By late March 2017, snow water equivalents in this area ranged from 3 to 4 inches, with isolated pockets of 5 inches. There was even more snow in southern Manitoba, and some of this water would come down the Pembina River in northeast North Dakota. A push of warm weather which began on March 28th, started the melt in earnest. Even the low temperatures at night stayed around or just above
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 678201). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Towner County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.