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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2005, 7:58 AM CDT for Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 7 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 29, 2005, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 291301 FFWFGF NDC027-292000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 758 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 753 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SHEYENNE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ROCKFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILLBE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH 9 AM. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW ROCKFORD AND SHEYENNE. 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 4784 9925 4762 9923 4761 9865 4785 9872 $$ KENNEDY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFGF 291655 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1155 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC027-292000- EDDY ND- 1155 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR EDDY COUNTY... AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER EDDY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO EDDY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THIS MORNING OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AS OF 8 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE OVERLAND FLOODING AND POSSIBLE BASEMENT FLOODING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. LAT...LON 4784 9925 4762 9923 4761 9865 4785 9872 $$ BRAMER
000 WGUS73 KFGF 292003 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 302 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDC027-292020- EDDY ND- 302 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDDY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT... AT 302 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN IN EDDY COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4784 9925 4762 9923 4761 9865 4785 9872 $$ BRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Sargent | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 13 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson | 18 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Ransom | 17 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 60 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.