Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 28, 1997, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Otter Tail County, MN

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 281606
FFWFAR
MNC111-282000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1100 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY
 
AT 1100 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS NORTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY. SATELLITE AND RADAR ESTIMATES PLACE
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
OTTER TAIL COUNTY...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DUNVILLA
TO VERGAS TO BUTLER.
 
RADAR SHOWS MORE STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST WHICH WILL BE MOVING OVER
THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  THESE STORMS CAN SPREAD AN ADDITIONAONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THIS ALREADY SATURATED AREA.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER> COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.
 
STRAGER

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 28, 10:08 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1007 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

SVR WX KEEPING US HOPPING...NO TIME TO GET INTO DATA.  CURRENT SVR TSTM
WATCH BOX STILL LOOKING GOOD AS SVRL AREAS OF TSTMS DVLPG.  WATCH BOX
AREA STILL HAS GOOD POOLING OF DWPTS ALG WITH SVRL BOUNDARIES FROM PRVS
CONVECTION...SHOULD KEEP US BUSY FOR NXT SVRL HOURS.  OTHER CONCERN IS
FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA.  WE EXTENDED WATCH TO COVER W CNTRL MN WHERE
CONVECTION IS PRESENTLY FIRING AND WHERE 3 HR FFG SHOWS 2 INCHES OR
LESS.  ZONES LOOK GOOD FOR NOW...NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED.

STRAGER

In the hours before

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052-053-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
630 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STARTING THIS
AFTERNOON...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CENTERED IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...HAS AN
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THIS LOW
WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIONARY TODAY...PROVIDING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO
THE REGION AND THE WARM FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A NEW ROCKFORD TO GRAND FORKS TO BEMIDJI LINE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS.

IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY
WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WAHPETON...VALLEY CITY...MAYVILLE...GARND
FORKS...THIEF RIVER FALLS...BEMIDJI AND CROOKSTON.

AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

NG

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.