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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2006, 7:51 PM CDT for Towner 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
- May 27, 2006, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2006, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Towner County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Bisbee, ND | WATER OVER ROADS. |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 2583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 280054 FFWFGF NDC095-281245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 751 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 745 AM CDT SUNDAY * AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNDT TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONSIDINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 MILES WEST OF LANGDON TO 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES WERE INDICATED AND SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CONSIDINE...BISBEE AND ARNDT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. LAT...LON 4868 9949 4839 9948 4857 9913 4877 9915 $$ KENNEDY
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KFGF 280902 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 NDC095-280910- TOWNER ND- 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL TOWNER COUNTY... AT 400 AM CDT...HEAVY RAINS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL TOWER COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND RUNOFF FROM LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4868 9949 4839 9948 4857 9913 4877 9915 $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 62 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 63 min |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 43 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.