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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 20074 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 KBIS 070948
FFWBIS
NDC001-015-037-041-059-065-085-071345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
347 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISMARCK...
  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 745 AM MDT(845 AM CDT)

* AT 439 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANDAN AND
BISMARCK

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4597 10292 4596 10078 4681 10058 4717 10052
      4716 10164 4661 10197 4660 10289

$$

RSL
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KBIS 071123
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
622 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

NDC001-015-037-041-059-065-085-071345-
GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-ADAMS ND-BURLEIGH ND-OLIVER ND-MORTON ND-
SIOUX ND-
522 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM MDT(845 AM
CDT) FOR SIOUX...MORTON...SOUTHERN OLIVER...WESTERN BURLEIGH...
ADAMS...HETTINGER AND GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 511 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANDAN AND
BISMARCK

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4597 10292 4596 10078 4681 10058 4717 10052
      4716 10164 4661 10197 4660 10289

$$

RSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope54 min
Jun 6, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman45 min
Jun 6, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons58 min
Jun 6, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux56 min
Jun 6, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton51 min
Jun 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Logan42 min
Jun 6, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder43 min
Jun 7, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman38 min
Jun 7, 4:41 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more16 hr
Jun 7, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger4 hr
Jun 7, 7:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux5 hr
Jun 7, 7:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Hettinger and 12 more65 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.