469  
WGUS43 KBIS 291733  
FLWBIS  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
1133 AM CST THU FEB 29 2024  
 
NDC015-059-012200-  
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BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND-  
1133 AM CST THU FEB 29 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST  
FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING DUE TO AN ICE JAM IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...THE BISMARCK AND MANDAN REACH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER  
LOCATED IN BURLEIGH AND MORTON COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 PM CST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER SHORELINE ARE  
AT RISK OF BEING FLOODED. DEPENDING ON SHIFTS IN THE CURRENT ICE  
JAM, RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. ANY SUDDEN  
RELEASE OF THE ICE JAM COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN RISES OF WATER  
DOWNSTREAM OF THE MAIN BODY OF ICE, TO INCLUDE RURAL AREAS SOUTH  
OF THE HEART RIVER ON THE MANDAN SIDE OF THE RIVER AND SOUTH OF  
FOX ISLAND ON THE BISMARCK SIDE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1126 AM CST, AN ICE JAM IN THE WARNED AREA WAS CAUSING A  
STEADY RISE IN WATER LEVELS. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS  
OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.  
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
ROCK HAVEN CREEK, MISSOURI RIVER, HEART RIVER AND BURNT  
CREEK.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE  
LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM MISTY WATERS ON  
DOWN THROUGH FORT LINCOLN STATE PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4680 10080 4677 10082 4675 10082 4674 10083  
4677 10085 4680 10083 4689 10092 4690 10089  
 

 
 
HOLLAN  
 
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