Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2006, 3:22 PM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kidder County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Steele, ND | WATER FLOODED STREETS IN AND AROUND STEELE. WATER WAS FLOWING INTO BUILDINGS. FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 500 PM CDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KBIS 242027 FFWBIS NDC043-242315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 322 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN THE WARNED AREA WILL BE ENHANCED BY MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM BURLEIGH COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE WILLIAMS...TUTTLE...ROBINSON...STEELE AND PETTIBONE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4667 10004 4666 9948 4731 9952 4731 10008 $$ VJ
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KBIS 242258 FFSBIS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 558 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 NDC043-242308- KIDDER ND- 558 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KIDDER COUNTY... ******** END OF WARNING STATEMENTS ******** THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THREAT. LAT...LON 4667 10004 4666 9948 4731 9952 4731 10008 $$ VJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 24, 9:08 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 9:08 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 908 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 .UPDATE... BASED ON A QUICK LOOK AT QPF PROGS AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR NDZ001-NDZ002-NDZ003-NDZ004-NDZ005-NDZ009-NDZ010-NDZ011-NDZ012- NDZ013-NDZ017-NDZ018-NDZ019-NDZ020-NDZ021-NDZ022-NDZ023-NDZ025- NDZ034-NDZ035-NDZ036-NDZ037-NDZ047-NDZ048-NDZ050-NDZ051. && LEBLANG
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:22 AM CDT, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-250930- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 /322 AM MDT THU AUG 24 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...THEN END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
225 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM FLOOD BEULAH 47.27N 101.77W
08/24/2006 MERCER ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM BEULAH
TO HAZEN
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 2:26 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
226 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND GST WASHBURN 47.29N 101.03W
08/24/2006 E60 MPH MCLEAN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 2:27 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
227 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM TSTM WND GST GARRISON 47.65N 101.42W
08/24/2006 E60 MPH MCLEAN ND TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 2:29 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
229 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0212 PM HAIL 3 W UNDERWOOD 47.45N 101.21W
08/24/2006 E1.00 INCH MCLEAN ND TRAINED SPOTTER
65 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 2:31 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
231 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND GST UNDERWOOD 47.45N 101.14W
08/24/2006 E65 MPH MCLEAN ND PUBLIC
REPORTED WINDS WERE ONGOING AT 222 PM CDT
&&
VJENSENLocal storm report, Aug 24, 3:04 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
304 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL 4 W STEELE 46.86N 100.00W
08/24/2006 E1.75 INCH KIDDER ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL WAS CONTINUING AT 300 PM CDT. WINDS WERE REPORTED AT
45 MPH. REPORTED BY NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL.
&&
VJENSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 8:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Stark | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail and 1 more | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, McLean, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sioux | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.