Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood watch at Jun 17, 2007, 3:20 PM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 17, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2007, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dickey County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 345 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... ACTIVE MORNING WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MAIN THREAT SEEMS TO BE HEAVY RAIN AS SEVERE ELEMENTS SLOWING DOWN. MOST STORMS NOW HAVE MOVED NORTH AND EAST INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS FORMED AROUND H975 ALONG THE NOSE OF A LOW LEVEL JET MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARDS MANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN. MEANWHILE OTHER SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN MONTANA THESE STORMS WERE BEHIND A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA...BUT AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DRIVING THIS CONVECTION. THE SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS SASKATCHEWAN BUT WILL LIKELY CLIP NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TODAY THE SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OF SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH IN THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN MONTANA WILL MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN BE A THREAT THIS EVENING OVER THE JAMESTOWN AREA AS THE SECOND LOW/TROUGH REACHES THIS AREA AT PRIME DAYTIME HEATING AROUND 6 PM. VERY WINDY BEHIND THIS SECOND LOW TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ON MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH OF THE SECOND SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS MAY LINGER IN A REGIME OF COLD UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG WITH A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST. THIS WILL BRING DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS VICINITY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NDZ048-051. && JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 502 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-050-181015- 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- MCINTOSH- 502 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 /402 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007/ 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 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME MAY BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDY ON MONDAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OVER SOME PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NDZ048-051-181015- LA MOURE-DICKEY- 502 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS. OTHERWISE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME MAY BE SEVERE. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE JAMES RIVER NEAR LUDDEN DAM. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDY ON MONDAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OVER SOME PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Morton | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 4:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 62 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.