414 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Very heavy rain continued over several days at the end of June. Three to five inches of rain fell from Minot through Sherwood, and from Crosby through Lignite to Stanley. The highest rain amount was seven inches from Renville County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms fired up by the afternoon of the 9th, over western Benson County, North Dakota. This area had managed to get slightly better afternoon heating and humidity, although just a little further to the east, the Devils Lake airport only topped out at 74F at 3 pm CST.
Read the full account →[See antecedent conditions written in brackets under Ramsey county]. For eastern Walsh county, river flood warnings were issued for the Park River at Grafton and the Forest River at Minto. Grafton crested right around its major (16 feet) flood stage on the 30th.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system moving slowly across west and central North Dakota coincided with afternoon destabilization of the atmosphere to trigger scattered thunderstorms over the southwest and south central parts of the state.
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 →By mid to late afternoon of August 3rd, a cold front had moved into central North Dakota. Ahead of the cold front, a warm front extended out to the east, or along the Canadian border.
Read the full account →A late season rapid snow melt caused flooding along the Souris (Mouse) River and Des Lacs River through north central North Dakota. Additionally, there were necessary releases from upstream dams in North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada, due to rapid snow melt there.
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 →Severe thunderstorms developed in the late morning over the southern James River Valley where elevated convection developed north of a warm front supported by a low level jet.
Read the full account →[See antecedent conditions written in brackets under Ramsey county]. For Grand Forks county, a river flood warning was issued for the Turtle River at Manvel. Manvel peaked around 18.5 feet on the 31st, not as high as the record event which occurred in April 1950.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain continued over several days at the end of June. Three to five inches of rain fell from Minot through Sherwood, and from Crosby through Lignite to Stanley. The highest rain amount was seven inches from Renville County.
Read the full account →A late season rapid snow melt caused flooding along the Souris (Mouse) River and Des Lacs River through north central North Dakota. Additionally, there were necessary releases from upstream dams in North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada, due to rapid snow melt there.
Read the full account →[See antecedent conditions written in brackets under Ramsey county]. For Pembina county, river flood warnings were issued for the Pembina River at Neche and the Red River at Drayton and Pembina. Of these, Neche crested over moderate (19 feet) flood stage around March 30th.
Read the full account →Tornado Watch number 611 was issued in the early afternoon in anticipation of an increasing threat for thunderstorms across west and central North Dakota for the afternoon and evening hours of July 8th.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon of July 21st, a stationary boundary set up across northeast North Dakota. Temperatures north of the boundary were generally in the low to mid 80s, while to the south they were in the mid 80s to low 90s.
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 →A strong upper level jet streak moving into the region triggered scattered elevated thunderstorm activity during the late morning hours of July 10th over southwest North Dakota. Large hail up to two inches in diameter was reported with these storms.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system moving slowly across west and central North Dakota coincided with afternoon destabilization of the atmosphere to trigger scattered thunderstorms over the southwest and south central parts of the state.
Read the full account →On the evening of June 16th, mid level temperatures were very warm over the eastern half of North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota, which helped prevent any thunderstorms from forming.
Read the full account →On the evening of June 16th, mid level temperatures were very warm over the eastern half of North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota, which helped prevent any thunderstorms from forming.
Read the full account →Ice jam related high water created flooding along the Heart River in the Mandan area of Morton County from March 22 to March 26. Most flood damages were limited to agriculture with over 1,000 large round bales of hay destroyed and four sheep lost, but there was also one home…
Read the full account →Severe Thunderstorm Watch numbers 345 and 350 were in effect during this event.||A capped atmosphere and weak bulk shear prevented convection over North Dakota while storms were developing over far southeast Montana and eastern Wyoming.||Later in the afternoon bulk shear…
Read the full account →Devils Lake and Stump Lake continued their modern day historic rise through the month of June. By the end of June, Devils Lake had risen to about 1450.60 feet MSL and Stump Lake had risen to about 1450.50 feet MSL.
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