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Last update:  07.05.09 - Sun - 08:58:14 PM (EDT)

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for North Dakota
Issued by the National Weather Service

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XML List of Active Alerts by County

Adams
     short term forecast
Benson
     flood advisory
Bowman
     short term forecast
Hettinger
     short term forecast
McLean
     short term forecast
Mercer
     short term forecast
Nelson
     flood advisory
Ramsey
     flood advisory
Slope
     short term forecast
Towner
     flood advisory

Flood Advisory

Benson (North Dakota)

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
NDC005-063-071-095-062000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FA.Y.0016.090629T1804Z-090706T2000Z/
/00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-NELSON ND-TOWNER ND-
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FLOODING ALONG DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP
LAKE IN...
EASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  WEST CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT...MONDAY, JULY 6TH.
* HOMES...DIKES...ROADS...AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES NEAR THE
DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE SHORELINES WILL BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY HIGH LAKE LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER
MONTHS.
* RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN THEY ARE
NEAR THE LAKE SHORES...ESPECIALLY DURING WINDY WEATHER.
* DUE TO RECENT LAKE LEVEL RISES TO ABOVE HISTORICAL RECORD
LEVELS...DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING ALONG
THEIR SHORELINES. DURING WINDY WEATHER...THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SEVERE BANK EROSION WILL BE INCREASED.
* LAKE LEVELS WHICH RISE DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF TYPICALLY STABILIZE IN
THE MID-SUMMER WHEN EVAPORATION TENDS TO EXCEED INFLOWS...AND
THEN RECEDE A BIT IN THE AUTUMN WHEN SUMMER RAINS TAPER OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OR AN AREA ALONG
A RIVER WHERE FLOODING HAS BEEN FORECAST...IS IMMINENT...OR IS IN
PROGRESS AND IS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED
AND THE FLOODING IS NO LONGER A HAZARD.
LAT...LON 4833 9927 4840 9911 4823 9871 4812 9848
4783 9825 4799 9928
$$
FGF
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Flood Advisory

Nelson (North Dakota)

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
NDC005-063-071-095-062000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FA.Y.0016.090629T1804Z-090706T2000Z/
/00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-NELSON ND-TOWNER ND-
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FLOODING ALONG DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP
LAKE IN...
EASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  WEST CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT...MONDAY, JULY 6TH.
* HOMES...DIKES...ROADS...AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES NEAR THE
DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE SHORELINES WILL BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY HIGH LAKE LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER
MONTHS.
* RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN THEY ARE
NEAR THE LAKE SHORES...ESPECIALLY DURING WINDY WEATHER.
* DUE TO RECENT LAKE LEVEL RISES TO ABOVE HISTORICAL RECORD
LEVELS...DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING ALONG
THEIR SHORELINES. DURING WINDY WEATHER...THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SEVERE BANK EROSION WILL BE INCREASED.
* LAKE LEVELS WHICH RISE DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF TYPICALLY STABILIZE IN
THE MID-SUMMER WHEN EVAPORATION TENDS TO EXCEED INFLOWS...AND
THEN RECEDE A BIT IN THE AUTUMN WHEN SUMMER RAINS TAPER OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OR AN AREA ALONG
A RIVER WHERE FLOODING HAS BEEN FORECAST...IS IMMINENT...OR IS IN
PROGRESS AND IS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED
AND THE FLOODING IS NO LONGER A HAZARD.
LAT...LON 4833 9927 4840 9911 4823 9871 4812 9848
4783 9825 4799 9928
$$
FGF
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Flood Advisory

Ramsey (North Dakota)

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
NDC005-063-071-095-062000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FA.Y.0016.090629T1804Z-090706T2000Z/
/00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-NELSON ND-TOWNER ND-
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FLOODING ALONG DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP
LAKE IN...
EASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  WEST CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT...MONDAY, JULY 6TH.
* HOMES...DIKES...ROADS...AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES NEAR THE
DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE SHORELINES WILL BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY HIGH LAKE LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER
MONTHS.
* RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN THEY ARE
NEAR THE LAKE SHORES...ESPECIALLY DURING WINDY WEATHER.
* DUE TO RECENT LAKE LEVEL RISES TO ABOVE HISTORICAL RECORD
LEVELS...DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING ALONG
THEIR SHORELINES. DURING WINDY WEATHER...THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SEVERE BANK EROSION WILL BE INCREASED.
* LAKE LEVELS WHICH RISE DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF TYPICALLY STABILIZE IN
THE MID-SUMMER WHEN EVAPORATION TENDS TO EXCEED INFLOWS...AND
THEN RECEDE A BIT IN THE AUTUMN WHEN SUMMER RAINS TAPER OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OR AN AREA ALONG
A RIVER WHERE FLOODING HAS BEEN FORECAST...IS IMMINENT...OR IS IN
PROGRESS AND IS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED
AND THE FLOODING IS NO LONGER A HAZARD.
LAT...LON 4833 9927 4840 9911 4823 9871 4812 9848
4783 9825 4799 9928
$$
FGF
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Flood Advisory

Towner (North Dakota)

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
NDC005-063-071-095-062000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FA.Y.0016.090629T1804Z-090706T2000Z/
/00000.N.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-NELSON ND-TOWNER ND-
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FLOODING ALONG DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP
LAKE IN...
EASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  WEST CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT...MONDAY, JULY 6TH.
* HOMES...DIKES...ROADS...AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES NEAR THE
DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE SHORELINES WILL BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY HIGH LAKE LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER
MONTHS.
* RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN THEY ARE
NEAR THE LAKE SHORES...ESPECIALLY DURING WINDY WEATHER.
* DUE TO RECENT LAKE LEVEL RISES TO ABOVE HISTORICAL RECORD
LEVELS...DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING ALONG
THEIR SHORELINES. DURING WINDY WEATHER...THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SEVERE BANK EROSION WILL BE INCREASED.
* LAKE LEVELS WHICH RISE DUE TO SPRING RUNOFF TYPICALLY STABILIZE IN
THE MID-SUMMER WHEN EVAPORATION TENDS TO EXCEED INFLOWS...AND
THEN RECEDE A BIT IN THE AUTUMN WHEN SUMMER RAINS TAPER OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OR AN AREA ALONG
A RIVER WHERE FLOODING HAS BEEN FORECAST...IS IMMINENT...OR IS IN
PROGRESS AND IS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
THE FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED
AND THE FLOODING IS NO LONGER A HAZARD.
LAT...LON 4833 9927 4840 9911 4823 9871 4812 9848
4783 9825 4799 9928
$$
FGF
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

Mercer (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
741 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ019-021-060145-
MERCER-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON
741 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 /641 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009/
.NOW...
AT 740 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 75 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...NEAR ROSEGLEN IN WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THROUGH 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWNS OF WHITE SHIELD...EMMET...AND
ROSEGLEN. SOME RECREATION AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE
HAZEN BAY AND LAKE SAKAKAWEA STATE PARK. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

McLean (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
741 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ019-021-060145-
MERCER-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON
741 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 /641 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009/
.NOW...
AT 740 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 75 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK...NEAR ROSEGLEN IN WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THROUGH 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWNS OF WHITE SHIELD...EMMET...AND
ROSEGLEN. SOME RECREATION AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE
HAZEN BAY AND LAKE SAKAKAWEA STATE PARK. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

Slope (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ040-041-043-044-060130-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
622 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009
.NOW...
AT 620 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL...WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA....NEAR BOWMAN AND MOTT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE
NEAR THE TOWNS OF MOTT AND BOWMAN BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM MDT. SMALL
HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

Hettinger (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ040-041-043-044-060130-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
622 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009
.NOW...
AT 620 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL...WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA....NEAR BOWMAN AND MOTT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE
NEAR THE TOWNS OF MOTT AND BOWMAN BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM MDT. SMALL
HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

Bowman (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ040-041-043-044-060130-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
622 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009
.NOW...
AT 620 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL...WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA....NEAR BOWMAN AND MOTT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE
NEAR THE TOWNS OF MOTT AND BOWMAN BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM MDT. SMALL
HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast

Adams (North Dakota)

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
722 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
NDZ040-041-043-044-060130-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
622 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009
.NOW...
AT 620 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL...WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA....NEAR BOWMAN AND MOTT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE
NEAR THE TOWNS OF MOTT AND BOWMAN BETWEEN 620 AND 7 PM MDT. SMALL
HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
$$
ABELING
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage




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