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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 29, 2005Otter Tail County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2005, 9:59 AM CDT for Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 13 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 29, 2005, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otter Tail County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 E Fergus Falls, MNWATER OVER ROAD...HIGHWAY 220 EAST OF FERGUS FALLS NEAR PEBBLE LAKE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KFGF 291459
FFWFGF
MNC111-300400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
959 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
  MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALTON...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS TO 10 MILES       
  SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES 
  PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.   

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERGUS FALLS...PERHAM...
  PELICAN RAPIDS AND NEW YORK MILLS.

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 4657 9623 4615 9622 4615 9521 4667 9520
      4668 9606

$$

BRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 291746
FFSFGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1245 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

MNC111-300400-
OTTER TAIL MN-
1245 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR OTTER TAIL
COUNTY...

AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS. THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING 
IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVE INTO OTTER TAIL COUNTY. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE 
THUNDERSTORMS. 

DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
SHOULD QUICKLY GO INTO RUNOFF. THIS MAY RESULT IN OVERLAND AND 
POSSIBLE BASEMENT FLOODING.    

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERGUS FALLS...PERHAM...PELICAN
RAPIDS...NEW YORK MILLS AND HENNING. 

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 4657 9623 4615 9622 4615 9521 4667 9520
      4668 9606

$$

BRAMER
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 300143
FFSFGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
838 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

MNC111-300148-
OTTER TAIL MN-
838 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OTTER TAIL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 838 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES 
FELL OVER THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. AN OBSERVER FROM NEW YORK MILLS 
MATCHED THE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER NORTHEASTERN OTTERTAIL 
WITH A ONE INCH. FLOOD WATERS HAVE SUBSIDED AND FLOODING IS NO 
LONGER A THREAT. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4657 9623 4615 9622 4615 9521 4667 9520
      4668 9606

$$

JDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay7 hr
Jun 29, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay12 hr
Jun 29, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin60 min
Jun 29, 9:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFWilkin13 hr
Jun 29, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFGrant13 hr
Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin56 min
Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay60 min
Jun 29, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin53 min
Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrant61 min
Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker55 min
Jun 29, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail58 min
Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen47 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker43 min
Jun 29, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWadena61 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard49 min
Jun 29, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater52 min
Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWadena31 min
Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.