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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 15 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 2, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KFGF 022108
FFWFGF
MNC005-027-111-167-031200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
406 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
EASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM NEAR CAMPBELL MINNESOTA
TO NEAR ROTHSAY THEN ON TO THE HAWLEY AND LAKE PARK MINNESOTA AREAS.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
IN THESE AREAS BETWEEN 230 PM AND 400 PM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE MOVING INTO THE WARNING
AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WESTERN...TENNEY...ROTHSAY
AND ROLLAG.
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 4603 9656 4603 9628 4612 9628 4612 9620
4678 9606 4678 9641
$$
EWENS2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KFGF 030108
FFSFGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
807 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005
MNC005-027-111-167-031200-
CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-BECKER MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
807 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR WESTERN OTTER
TAIL...SOUTHWESTERN BECKER...EASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...
AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AUDUBON TO CAMPBELL...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF DETROIT LAKES TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAHPETON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERGUS FALLS...DETROIT LAKES...
LAKE PARK AND PELICAN RAPIDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO
INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. DITCHES AND FIELDS IN
SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY NEAR TENNEY ARE FULL AND MAY SPILL OVER
ROADWAYS WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.
LAT...LON 4603 9653 4603 9632 4614 9628 4613 9605
4707 9574 4707 9617
$$
HOPKINS000
WGUS73 KFGF 031158
FFSFGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
655 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
MNC005-027-111-167-031205-
CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-BECKER MN-OTTER TAIL MN-
655 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN OTTER TAIL...WESTERN BECKER...
EASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 655 AM CDT...HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN
CLAY...EASTERN WILKIN...WESTERN BECKER AND WESTERN OTTER TAIL
COUNTIES. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4603 9653 4603 9632 4614 9628 4613 9605
4707 9574 4707 9617
$$
GODONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 49 min |
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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.