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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2004, 6:08 PM CDT for Kittson 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
- Aug 8, 2004, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kittson County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 082309 FFWFGF MNC069-091100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 608 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 600 AM CDT. * AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENNEDY TO 10 MILES WEST OF HUMBOLDT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON TO 33 MILES NORTH OF GRAFTON. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. * HALLOCK...LAKE BRONSON...KENNEDY...HALMA AND DONALDSON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATED TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER ISOLATED PORTIONS OF KITTSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID RISES ON ALL BRANCHES OF THE TWO RIVERS RIVER ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 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 4899 9722 4856 9700 4859 9649 4899 9651 $$ DK
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFGF 090146 FFSFGF MNC069-091100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 846 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KITTSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 845 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO ROTATE OVER KITTSON COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS HAVE INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A BAND FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF KENNEDY TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALLOCK. RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEEN INDICATED AT THE HALLOCK RIVER GAGE ON THE TWO RIVERS RIVER. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT ALONG ALL BRANCHES OF THE TWO RIVERS RIVER ACROSS KITTSON COUNTY. THE LAKE LEVEL AT LAKE BRONSON IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE OVERNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR STREAMS IN KITTSON SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS TONIGHT FOR RAPID RISES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ROAD WASHOUTS. THESE WASHOUTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER WHICH COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML USING LOWER CASE. $$ BRAMER
000 WGUS73 KFGF 090507 FFSFGF MNC069-091100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1207 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KITTSON COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM CDT... AT 1205 AM CDT...AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL PASS SOUTHWARD ACROSS KITTSON COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA OF RAINFALL MOVES OVER KITTSON COUNTY. RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEEN INDICATED AT THE HALLOCK RIVER GAUGE ON THE TWO RIVERS RIVER. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT ALONG ALL BRANCHES OF THE TWO RIVERS RIVER ACROSS KITTSON COUNTY. THE LAKE LEVEL AT LAKE BRONSON IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE OVERNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR RIVERS IN KITTSON COUNTY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS TONIGHT FOR RAPID RISES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. $$ BRAMER
000 WGUS73 KFGF 091101 FFSFGF MNC069-091115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 558 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING KITTSON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT... AT 6 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE RED RIVER FROM WINNIPEG TO GRAND FORKS. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT WERE UNDER ONE HALF INCH. ALSO..RAPID RISES ALONG THE TWO RIVERS IN HALLOCK WHICH WAS EXPERIENCED LAST NIGHT HAS SUBSIDED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND RUNOFF PROBLEMS. THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Pennington, Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 50 min |
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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.