Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 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 8, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KBIS 082330 FFWBIS NDC059-090230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 628 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 930 PM CDT. 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. LAT...LON 4697 10099 4666 10164 4664 10137 4687 10091 $$ RSL
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KBIS 090228 FFSBIS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 927 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 NDC059-090237- MORTON ND- 927 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM CDT... THE STORMS THAT CAUSED EARLIER FLASH FLOODING HAVE DISSIPATED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4697 10099 4666 10164 4664 10137 4687 10091 $$ JV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, McIntosh | 65 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 64 min |
| May 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 15 hr |
| May 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 55 min |
| May 8, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, McIntosh | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 59 min |
| May 8, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 71 min |
| May 8, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 59 min |
| May 8, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2005Every 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.