Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2001, 10:15 AM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 105 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2001, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 111522 CCA FFWFAR MNC111-167-111700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001...CORRECTED FOR TIME... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS... EASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1200 PM CDT * AT 1011 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. * FOXHOME...CARLISLE...ELIZABETH...FERGUS FALLS...AND FERGUS FALLS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 210 EAST FERGUS FALLS. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THE RABBIT RIVER AT FOXHOME MAY GO OUT ITS BANKS QUICKLY REMAIN ON ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF FLOOD WATERS APPROACH.. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. LAT...LON 4638 9648 4615 9634 4627 9581 4656 9604 & $$ BRAZZELL NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 11, 2:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 250 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 ...FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE SVR WX AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT... .CURRENT OBSERVATIONS...06Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING SFC LOW IN EXTREME NW SD WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING NORTHWARD THROUGH ND. COLD FRONT NOW ENTERING EXTREME NW ND. IR AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING 2 LARGE TSTM CLUSTERS IN NC AND SW ND. 5 MIN LIGHTNING STRIKES SHOWING AMAZING OVER 800 CG STRIKES WITH THESE SYSTEMS. REFER TO LATEST SPC SWOMCD FOR LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS. .SHORT TERM...DYNAMIC SITUATION SETTING UP FOR TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WENT WITH ETA SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST. STRONG H25 100+ KNOT JET MAX RIDING OVER THE CREST OF RIDGE THIS MORNING. STRONG ISOTACH GRADIENT OF RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION JUST NORTH OF THE BORDER. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SFC WARM FRONTOGENESIS IS RESULTING IN GOOD DYNAMIC DESTABILIZATION. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT TODAY WITH PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES. SFC AND H85 THERMODYNAMICS ARE ALSO IMPRESSIVE. H85 THETA-E VALUES OVER 340K ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA. THUS...GIVEN RECENT HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH STILL LOOK GOOD AND WILL KEEP IN PLACE. AGREE WITH MAIN POINTS OF SPC SWODY1. TIMING OF FROPA SHOULD HAVE MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OUT OF THE DVL AREA BY 18Z. WILL KEEP MENTION OF TSTMS IN THE FAR SE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .MID TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING SHOULD PROVIDE A QUIET RESPITE FROM THE SVR WX AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A STRONG SFC LOW BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE ONCE AGAIN IMPRESSIVE FOR JUNE WITH A STRONG COUPLED H25 JET WITH MAX UVV OVER THE DAKOTAS AGAIN IN THE 06Z-12Z TIME FRAME WEDNESDAY. .EXTENDED...NO CHANGES PLANNED ATTM. .FGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR RANSOM...SARGENT...RICHLAND... WILKIN...OTTERTAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES. BRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 15 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.