{"id":72738,"date":"2015-05-18T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=72738"},"modified":"2015-05-18T19:06:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T00:06:45","slug":"heavy-rains-drench-region-sat-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=72738","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains drench region Sat &#038; Sun &#8211; photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) Heavy rains drenched the Jamestown area this\u00a0 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. \u00a0\u00a0Through Saturday &amp; Sunday, the\u00a0<a title=\"KJMS Airport\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/data\/obhistory\/KJMS.html\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Station at Jamestown Airport<\/a>\u00a0had recorded\u00a0<strong>5.29 inches<\/strong>\u00a0of rain this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Monday morning storm total updates&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Airport Saturday rain all day =\u00a0<strong>2.69\u2033<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Airport\u00a0 rain\u00a0\u00a0Sunday thru\u00a07am Monday\u00a0=\u00a0<strong>2.60\u2033 \u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Airport grand total for the weekend plus Monday am-<strong>5.29\u2033<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/c520866.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 450px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #003366;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, autoplayDelay:3000, lpp:'102-105-108-101-58-47-47-47-67-58-47-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-37-50-48-97-110-100-37-50-48-83-101-116-116-105-110-103-115-47-67-83-73-47-77-121-37-50-48-68-111-99-117-109-101-110-116-115-47-69-97-115-121-82-111-116-97-116-111-114-80-114-101-118-105-101-119-47-112-114-101-118-105-101-119-95-115-119-102-115-47', wv:1}\" data-erName=\"May2015Rain\" data-erTID=\"{yn7tp22mnr1329243091341}\">\r\n\t<div data-ertype=\"content\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul data-erlabel=\"Main Category\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_87_1431902812\/content\/assets\/Rain 19-0.jpg\" alt=\"James River at oxbow spillway Sunday afternoon May 17, 2015 - CSi photo\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_87_1431902812\/content\/assets\/Rain 19-0.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">James River at oxbow spillway Sunday afternoon May 17, 2015 - CSi photo<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_87_1431902812\/content\/assets\/Rain 11-0.jpg\" alt=\"3 weeks ago - April 26 - no water over spillway - photo Matt Sheppard\" \/>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_87_1431902812\/content\/assets\/Rain 11-0.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"title\">3 weeks ago - April 26 - no water over spillway - photo Matt Sheppard<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRotatorStorage\/user-content\/erc_87_1431902812\/content\/assets\/Rain 12-0.jpg\" alt=\"3rd St NE closed Sunday at 9th Av NE Sunday afternoon - 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The asphalt buckled at the base of the hill, which may have been caused by a storm sewer failure there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports of water over the road on Sunday on \u00a0N.D. Highway 9 in Courtenay and on Old Highway 10 between Jamestown and Spiritwood. Road crews\u00a0were \u00a0been dispatched to both locations Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Before the heavy weekend rain the river level in Jamestown was maintaining three feet.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Other area rain totals from the storm included\u2026<\/p>\n<p>4.45 inches at Carrington<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A record for daily maximum rainfall was broken on Sunday. \u00a0As of 9 p.m. Sunday, 2.56 inches of rain had fallen in Jamestown, which breaks the old record in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) Heavy rains drenched the Jamestown area this\u00a0 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. \u00a0\u00a0Through Saturday &amp; Sunday, the\u00a0Weather Station at Jamestown Airport\u00a0had recorded\u00a05.29 inches\u00a0of rain this weekend. 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