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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Becker County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Detroit Lakes, MN | STREET FLOODING IN TOWN. OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 261957 FFWFGF MNC005-271200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 256 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MANY POINT LAKE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHERT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DETROIT LAKES...LAKE PARK... WOLF LAKE AND WHITE EARTH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. 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 4674 9521 4675 9612 4712 9614 4711 9521 $$ BRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFGF 270020 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 720 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 MNC005-271200- BECKER MN- 720 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY FOR BECKER COUNTY... AT 715 PM CDT...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS...ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY...ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION SHOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. A VERY HUMID AIRMASS WILL ALLOW HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDEVELOP ACROSS BECKER COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DETROIT LAKES...LAKE PARK... WOLF LAKE...WHITE EARTH AND WESTBURY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. LAT...LON 4674 9521 4675 9612 4712 9614 4711 9521 $$ BRAMER
000 WGUS73 KFGF 270708 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 206 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNC005-270716- BECKER MN- 206 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BECKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 206 AM CDT...RUNOFF FROM THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT CAUSED STREET FLOODING EARLIER MONDAY AFTERNOON HAS ENDED. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS THE STORM ACTIVITY REAMSIN NORTH. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4674 9521 4675 9612 4712 9614 4711 9521 $$ RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.