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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 2002Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2002, 12:38 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2002, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2002, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2002-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2002-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 
WGUS53 KFGF 190541
FFWFAR
MNC007-029-190945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1238 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
  NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT.

* AT 1234 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 
  GONVICK...CLEARBROOK...DEBS...RED LAKE AND NEBISH AREAS...MOVEMENT 
  WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

* CLEARBROOK...LEONARD...BERNER...SHOOKS AND KELLIHER WILL BE   
  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WERE INDICATED IN THE GONVICK AND 
  CLEARBROOK AREAS...WITH THESE STORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE RED 
  LAKE...SAUM AND KELLIHER AREAS.

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 4780 9552 4755 9550 4779 9441 4808 9444

$$

EWENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBecker4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.