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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 6, 1997Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 1997, 7:10 AM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 1997, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1997, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkin County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1997-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1997-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -175 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 061113
FFWFAR
MNC167-061415-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
610 AM CDT SUN APR 6 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS EXTENDED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN WILKIN COUNTY
 
THREE DIKE FAILURES ON THE RED RIVER IN BRECKENRIDGE MINNESOTA CONTINUE
TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORT ONE THIRD OF
STREETS ARE UNDER WATER WITH WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE ON THE RED
RIVER.  THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF
BRECKENRIDGE.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS TH"AT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
SCHUMACHER
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 1:10 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFGFWilkin6 hr
Apr 6, 1:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFGFWilkin6 hr

Nearby

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

Sources

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.