Jamestown (CSi) Heavy rains drenched the Jamestown area this  past weekend, starting with training thunderstorms Saturday evening, and continuing on Sunday with periods of heavy rain, followed on Sunday evening and overnight with snow, and sleet.   Through Saturday & Sunday, the Weather Station at Jamestown Airport had recorded 5.29 inches of rain this weekend.

Monday morning storm total updates…

  • Airport Saturday rain all day = 2.69″
  • Airport  rain  Sunday thru 7am Monday = 2.60″  
  • Airport grand total for the weekend plus Monday am-5.29″
  • James River at oxbow spillway Sunday afternoon May 17, 2015 - CSi photo James River at oxbow spillway Sunday afternoon May 17, 2015 - CSi photo
  • 3 weeks ago - April 26 - no water over spillway - photo Matt Sheppard 3 weeks ago - April 26 - no water over spillway - photo Matt Sheppard
  • 3rd St NE closed Sunday at 9th Av NE Sunday afternoon - CSi photo 3rd St NE closed Sunday at 9th Av NE Sunday afternoon - CSi photo
  • Water standing in ditch along entrance to Jamestown Regional Airport - CSi photo Water standing in ditch along entrance to Jamestown Regional Airport - CSi photo
  • Water standing in fields NE Jamestown by airport Water standing in fields NE Jamestown by airport
  • More standing water near airport More standing water near airport
  • Pumping water off parking lot southside of 13th St NE - CSi photo Pumping water off parking lot southside of 13th St NE - CSi photo
  • Pumping water off parking lot near 13th St NE - CSi photo Pumping water off parking lot near 13th St NE - CSi photo
  • Tree falls victim to weather Tree falls victim to weather
  • Tree blocking 9th Av SE in 1500 block. Tree blocking 9th Av SE in 1500 block.
  • Fast water from SW Jamestown - Buffalo Mall area - enters the James River near spillway Fast water from SW Jamestown - Buffalo Mall area - enters the James River near spillway
  • Water crossing the road at 19th Ave SE & 17th Str SE Water crossing the road at 19th Ave SE & 17th Str SE
     

On Sunday a pump was running along 13th St NE Jamestown, to remove standing water from a parking lot.   Water was standing in fields near the airport.   In SE Jamestown,  a tree came down blocking most of 9th Av SE in the 1500 block.   The “spillway” on the James River near the oxbow, which had no water passing into the bypass channel just a few days ago, was running almost level.

Heavy rain from the thunderstorms Saturday evening resulted in the temporary closure of the viaduct

LEC dispatchers also received calls Saturday evening about sewage backing up into some homes in southeast Jamestown.

Surface damage was noted at the base of the stadium hill (3rd Street Northeast, near the University of Jamestown football field). The asphalt buckled at the base of the hill, which may have been caused by a storm sewer failure there.”

Reports of water over the road on Sunday on  N.D. Highway 9 in Courtenay and on Old Highway 10 between Jamestown and Spiritwood. Road crews were  been dispatched to both locations Sunday afternoon.

At 7-a.m. Monday the James River gauge in Jamestown show the river level had dropped to about 5 and a half feet, compared to just over 7 feet at 7-p.m., on Sunday.

Before the heavy weekend rain the river level in Jamestown was maintaining three feet.

On Monday morning at 7am. the Sheyenne River at Valley City was at 7.56 feet, a rise of about a foot from Sunday at 7-a.m.

Other area rain totals from the storm included…

4.45 inches at Carrington

Thunderstorms between 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday resulted in rainfall accumulations of more than 1 inch per hour contributing to the nearly 5.4 inches Jamestown recorded officially as of 9 p.m. Sunday.

A record for daily maximum rainfall was broken on Sunday.  As of 9 p.m. Sunday, 2.56 inches of rain had fallen in Jamestown, which breaks the old record in 1996.