Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
- 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
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
$$
HOPPES4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFGF 300223 FFSFGF NDC077-081-301230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 923 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT... AT 910 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOORETON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF GENESEO OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MOORETON...DWIGHT...GALCHUTT AND LIDGERWOOD WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NORTH OF BARNEY AT 840 PM CDT. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE COMMUNITIES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. $$ 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.