Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 20056 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 10:20 PM CDT for 6 counties in 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: Jun 7, 2005, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2005, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dickey County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KBIS 080324
FFWBIS
NDC021-043-045-047-051-093-080515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
  DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1016 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF           
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE   
  LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD HISTORY OF PRODUCING
  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH THEIR PASAGE. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND
  RAPIDS...ADRIAN...NORTONVILLE...ALFRED...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
  YPSILANTI...MILLARTON...SYDNEY...ELDRIDGE...WINDSOR...TAPPEN...
  STREETER...STEELE...NAPOLEON...MONTPELIER...MEDINA...JUD...
  GACKLE...DICKEY...DAWSON AND CLEVELAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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.

LAT...LON 4596 9983 4596 9805 4659 9807 4658 9848
      4690 9848 4691 10006 4667 10004 4659 9989

$$

JENSEN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 2:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...
MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT.
A SURFACE LOW CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CAUSE EASTERLY
WINDS AND AMPLE MOISTURE TONIGHT.  A SHORT WAVE OVER COLORADO WILL
ROTATE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND THEN DEVELOP
INTO A SMALL INTENSE CLOSED LOW. COOLING ALOFT AND A CONTINUING
SUPPLY OF MOISTURE IN LOWER LAYERS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
STORMS WILL END WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF
THE AREA AND UPPER RIDGING STARTS IN THE SOUTHWEST.  BUT THE CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SOUTHWEST FLOW
AND SHORT WAVES RESUME.

.LONG TERM...
LONG RANGE MODELS SIMILAR WITH UNSTABLE WEATHER THROUGH THE LONG
TERM. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AND TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH WILL CONTINUE
TO BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE REGION. MADE
LITTLE CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...

&&

LM/RGT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:13 AM CDT, 18 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080912-
ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOTTINEAU-BOWMAN-BURKE-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-DIVIDE-DUNN-
EMMONS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN-
MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER-
PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-STUTSMAN-WARD-
WELLS-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...JAMESTOWN...
DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK...MANDAN...
WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON...
HETTINGER...HARVEY...ELLENDALE...CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT...
BEACH AND ASHLEY
413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN MOVE NORTH INTO
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SPREADING INTO THE NORTH
WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY EVENING.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BE SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
835 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SELFRIDGE               46.04N 100.92W
06/07/2005                   SIOUX              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 6 FROM THE
            JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 21 SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA
            BORDER. SHERIFF ADVISES NO TRAVEL HERE. ROADWAY UNDER
            WATER IN MANY PLACES.

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
918 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     HAIL             STRASBURG               46.13N 100.16W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        EMMONS             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0906 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT YATES              46.09N 100.63W
06/07/2005                   SIOUX              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            4 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 24

0910 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SELFRIDGE               46.04N 100.92W
06/07/2005                   SIOUX              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            3.30 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 1 HOUR.

0910 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 N SELFRIDGE           46.14N 100.92W
06/07/2005                   SIOUX              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 6

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:51 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
951 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     HAIL             3 E STRASBURG           46.13N 100.10W
06/07/2005  1.75 INCH        EMMONS             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NUMEROUS NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
957 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     HAIL             WISHEK                  46.26N 99.56W
06/07/2005  1.75 INCH        MCINTOSH           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

VJENSEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	50 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	38 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	56 min
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	44 min
Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	2 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	28 min
Jun 7, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	37 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	46 min
Jun 7, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	42 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan	43 min
Jun 7, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey	25 min
Jun 7, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey	46 min
Jun 7, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	22 min
Jun 7, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.