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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 22, 2003Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota; Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2003, 6:03 PM CDT for Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota; Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 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 22, 2003, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFGF 222303
FFWFGF
MNC027-167-NDC017-077-231100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
603 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

* AT 554 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE 
  SABIN...KINDRED AND ABERCROMBIE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
  REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH 
  THIS EVENING.

* GLYNDON...DILWORTH...HORACE...KINDRED...FARGO AND MOORHEAD WILL BE 
  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED 2 
  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
  MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE WARNING AREA THAT 
  WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. WITH SOILS NOW SATURATED AND DRAINAGE 
  SYSTEMS FULL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING.

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 4668 9725 4634 9722 4668 9652 4701 9652


$$

ME

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KFGF 230241
FFSFGF
MNC027-167-NDC017-077-231100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
941 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY 
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST 
NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY MORNING...

POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE KINDRED...DAVENPORT... 
COMSTOCK AND SABIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS REPORTED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR IN THE WALCOTT...KINDRED AND SABIN AREAS. AN 
OBSERVER 3 MILES NORTH OF WALCOTT IN NORTHWEST RICHLAND COUNTY 
REPORTED 3.1 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT 
MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND MAY DROP 
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

THE RED RIVER IN FARGO HAS JUMPED FROM 14.97 FEET AT 400 PM TO 15.83 
FEET AT 900 PM. THE BUFFALO RIVER AT SABIN JUMPED FROM 5.83 FEET AT 
500 PM TO 7.94 FEET AT 800 PM. THESE JUMPS ARE DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY 
RAINS WHICH FELL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE PRESENT TIME 
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND
MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL WHEN
APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.

$$


EWENS

000 
WGUS73 KFGF 230926
FFSFGF
MNC027-167-NDC017-077-231000-


FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
419 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY 
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST 
NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE REGION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REPORTS THAT THE WATER HAS RECEDED. SOME RISES ON LOCAL RIVERS AND 
STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 
AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 
POSSIBLE.

$$

DONAVON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy	44 min
Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Ramsey	51 min
Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Nelson	49 min
Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs, Steele	44 min
Jun 21, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	49 min
Jun 21, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey, Walsh	42 min
Jun 21, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Nelson	24 min
Jun 21, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Ramsey, Walsh	49 min
Jun 21, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Nelson	34 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	64 min
Jun 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	65 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	23 min
Jun 22, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom, Richland	37 min
Jun 21, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	51 min
Jun 21, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk, Red Lake	44 min
Jun 21, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pennington	40 min
Jun 21, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	44 min
Jun 21, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Mahnomen	41 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant	42 min
Jun 22, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clearwater	36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2003 Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.