Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2005, 2:19 PM CDT for Cass County, Ransom County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 11 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 11, 2005, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 111921
FFWFGF
NDC017-073-081-120600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
219 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
EASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF EMBDEN TO 2 MILES EAST OF RUTLAND...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES EAST OF VALLEY CITY TO 44 MILES
WEST OF WAHPETON. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MILNOR...MAPLETON...HORACE
AND FORMAN.
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 4690 9765 4633 9763 4598 9764 4599 9731
4665 9732 4666 9687 4691 9688
$$
HOPKINS2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KFGF 112144
FFSFGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
NDC017-073-081-120600-
CASS ND-RANSOM ND-SARGENT ND-
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
SARGENT...EASTERN RANSOM AND CASS COUNTIES...
AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG WITH STREET FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
MILNOR...MAPLETON...HORACE...FORMAN AND FARGO.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL
FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.
LAT...LON 4720 9768 4633 9763 4598 9764 4599 9731
4665 9732 4668 9680 4720 9685
$$
JCA000
WGUS73 KFGF 120356
FFSFGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
NDC017-073-081-120405-
CASS ND-RANSOM ND-SARGENT ND-
1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN SARGENT...EASTERN RANSOM AND
CASS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1055 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF CASS...EASTERN RANSOM
AND EASTERN SARGENT COUNTIES. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING
REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. DITCHES REMAIN FULL AND SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED
OUT SO THE THREAT FOR FLOODING CONTINUES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4720 9768 4633 9763 4598 9764 4599 9731
4665 9732 4668 9680 4720 9685
$$
JCAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Traill | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Traill | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 47 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.