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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 29, 2004Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2004, 7:33 PM CDT for Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. 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
May 29, 2004, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFGF 300033
FFWFGF
NDC077-081-301230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
733 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.

* AT 730 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRETE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  STRAUBVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 49 MILES SOUTH OF     
  VALLEY CITY TO 67 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
  THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* STRAUBVILLE...STIRUM...MANTADOR...MOORETON AND GALCHUTT WILL BE    
  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2  
  TO 3 INCHES IN WESTERN SARGENT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES.    
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE ABOVE COMMUNITIES.

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 4625 9801 4595 9800 4597 9659 4663 9682
          4663 9724 4626 9722


$$

HOPPES
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 300223
FFSFGF
NDC077-081-301230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
923 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 910 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOORETON TO 8 MILES SOUTH
OF GENESEO OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON 
TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 
20 MPH.

MOORETON...DWIGHT...GALCHUTT AND LIDGERWOOD WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE 
HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NORTH 
OF BARNEY AT 840 PM CDT. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE 
COMMUNITIES. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.

$$

HOPPES
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 300431
FFSFGF
NDC077-081-301230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1131 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 1112 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WAS MOVING NORTH 
AND WILL MOVE INTO RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES EARLY SUNDAY 
MORNING. THE RAIN ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WAS MOVING NORTH ABOUT 
35 MPH.

RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL SATURDAY EVENING FROM 
ABERCROMBIE TO SOUTH OF HANKINSON. ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN BAND FELL FROM 
BARNEY TO EAST OF HAVANA AND A THIRD AREA WAS SOUTHWEST OF 
STRAUBVILLE.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$

HOPPES
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 300635
FFSFGF
NDC077-081-301230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
135 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 124 AM CDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURRING 
OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AT 130 AM SUNDAY...AND WAS EXPECTED TO 
MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS THIS SUNDAY. 
THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 15 FROM GREAT BEND 
TO 1 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALSO 
SEVERAL SMALL ROADS IN THE HANKINSON AREA WERE UNDER WATER...WITH 
STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

LIDGERWOOD...GWINNER...FORMAN...WYNDMERE AND HANKINSON WILL BE 
AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL 
SATURDAY EVENING FROM ABERCROMBIE TO SOUTH OF HANKINSON. ANOTHER 
HEAVY RAIN BAND FELL FROM BARNEY TO EAST OF HAVANA AND A THIRD AREA 
WAS SOUTHWEST OF STRAUBVILLE. WITH SATURATED GROUND ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATIONS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.

$$

EWENS
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 300917
FFSFGF
NDC077-081-301230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
417 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 AM CDT...

AT 405 AM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM 
NEAR WYNDMERE AND MANTADOR...TO THE CAYUGA...RUTLAND AND BRAMPTON 
AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED ONE 
AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS.

MILNOR...LIDGERWOOD...GWINNER...FORMAN AND WYNDMERE WILL BE AFFECTED 
BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THE WILD RICE RIVER NEAR ABERCROMBIE HAS REACTED 
OVERNIGHT BY RISING NEARLY 5 FEET SINCE LATE SATURDAY EVENING. WITH 
OVERLAND FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA 
YOU SHOULD EXPECT RUNOFF TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS 
AND CREEKS. LOCALIZED OVERLAND FLOODING IS ALSO ANTICIPATED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.

$$

EWENS

Nearby

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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.