414 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Warm weather toward the end of March lead to rapid snow melt across southcentral North Dakota. This in turn lead to flooding across much of the area. Near the confluence of Spring Creek and the Knife River, the town of Beulah(Mercer Co) had 150 families evacuated.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A severe weather outbreak unfolded during the late afternoon and evening of the 15th as thunderstorms developed and intensified along several boundaries over southwest and south central North Dakota.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →A strong short wave trough ejecting into the Northern Plains, coupled with increasing large scale ascent ahead of an upper level jet streak, brought widespread severe weather to much of southwest and south central North Dakota during the evening hours of June 12th.
Read the full account →Two waves of severe weather struck west and central North Dakota from the evening of the 29th through the early morning hours of the 30th. ||The first wave of storms occurred along a surface warm front over the south and along a cool front across the north during the evening…
Read the full account →This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.
Read the full account →This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains. Flooding was along the Little Missouri River through Medora.
Read the full account →This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.
Read the full account →This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →In the late evening of Sunday June 24th, Severe Thunderstorm Watch 449 was issued in anticipation of severe thunderstorms developing across western and central North Dakota.
Read the full account →During the evening of Friday, June 20th into the early morning hours of June 21st, much of the region was affected by severe weather. Supercell thunderstorms developed across southeast North Dakota ahead of an approaching convective complex, producing multiple strong,…
Read the full account →Warm weather toward the end of March lead to rapid snow melt across southcentral North Dakota. This in turn lead to flooding across much of the area. Near the confluence of Spring Creek and the Knife River, the town of Beulah(Mercer Co) had 150 families evacuated.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.
Read the full account →Wet weather continued through the month of June, causing the levels of Devils Lake and Stump Lake to hold fairly steady. Devils Lake started the month with an elevation of roughly 1454.25 feet MSL and ended the month of June at an elevation of roughly 1454.30 feet MSL.
Read the full account →Wet weather continued through the month of June, causing the levels of Devils Lake and Stump Lake to hold fairly steady. Devils Lake started the month with an elevation of roughly 1454.25 feet MSL and ended the month of June at an elevation of roughly 1454.30 feet MSL.
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