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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 10, 2004Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 8:50 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2004, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2004-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3426 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2004-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
3426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KBIS 110151
FFWBIS
NDC093-110345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
850 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WATER
  OVER THE ROADS SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN IN THE YPSILANTI AND MONTPELIER
  AREAS. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4684 9887 4666 9894 4665 9845 4684 9847

$$
FORS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.