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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2005, 10:32 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 19, 2005, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Beltrami County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 200332 FFWFGF MNC007-201400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1032 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE SHOTLEY...PONEMAH AND OTTO AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY SINCE 700 PM. EARLIER REPORTS SHOWED THAT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PONEMAH AND SHOTLEY AREAS. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASKISH...SHOTLEY...SAUM AND OTTO. 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 4787 9489 4794 9443 4828 9444 4823 9484 $$ EWENS
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFGF 200544 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1234 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC007-201400- BELTRAMI MN- 1234 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY... AT 1231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED OVER THE BLACKDUCK AND TENSTRIKE AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE SHOTLEY...PONEMAH AND OTTO AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH TO THE TENSTRIKE AND BLACKDUCK AREA...DOPPLER REPORTS RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT DURATION. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. LAT...LON 4763 9496 4763 9442 4828 9444 4823 9484 $$ TG
000 WGUS73 KFGF 200758 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 300 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC007-201400- BELTRAMI MN- 300 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY... SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKDUCK...WASKISH... TENSTRIKE...SHOTLEY AND REDBY. RESIDENTS NEAR OR ALONG THE BATTLE AND CORMORANT RIVERS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR FLOODING. AT 235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. DESPITE THIS RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINS CONTINUE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 72 BETWEEN KELLIHER AND BUSY CORNERS HAD BEEN UNDERWATER DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAN FELL IN THE PONEMAH...SHOTLEY AND SAUM AREAS. A SECOND AREA OF 4 TO 5 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS APPEAR IN THE NEBISH...BLACKDUCK AND FUNKLEY AREAS. SURROUNDING THIS IS A LARGE AREA OF DOPPLER ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCH RAIN FALL. AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR KELLIHER REPORTED 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 3 HOUR PERIOD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 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 4763 9496 4763 9442 4828 9444 4823 9484 $$ EWENS
000 WGUS73 KFGF 201348 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 842 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC007-201352- BELTRAMI MN- 846 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 842 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THERE STILL IS SOME PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 41 OFF OF HIGHWAY 71...BUT THE ROAD IS NOT CLOSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4763 9496 4763 9442 4828 9444 4823 9484 $$ NG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 10:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 10:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 62 min |
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.