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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 11, 2005Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2005, 6:16 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 12 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 11, 2005, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDTFLASH FLOODGrand Forks, NDSTREET FLOODING NEAR CITY LIBRARY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 112320
FFWFGF
NDC035-121145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
616 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY      
  HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...    
  NORTHWOOD AND LARIMORE.

RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 
INCHES EXPECTED IN A SHORT DURATION.

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 4816 9716 4817 9773 4769 9761 4770 9695

$$
TG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KFGF 121102
FFSFGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
601 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

NDC035-121111-
GRAND FORKS ND-
601 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRAND FORKS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 601 AM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN IN GRAND FORKS COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE COUNTY. 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 4816 9716 4817 9773 4769 9761 4770 9695

$$

KENNEDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFRichland12 hr
Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFCass, Ransom, Sargent11 hr
Jun 11, 6:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFEddy12 hr
Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFTraill12 hr
Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Ramsey12 hr
Jun 11, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFTraill39 min
Jun 11, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCass47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.