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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 20076 counties in North Dakota

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie51 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder56 min
Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Morton54 min
Jun 16, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder58 min
Jun 16, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLaMoure, Logan, McIntosh54 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman58 min
Jun 17, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer60 min
Jun 17, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder33 min
Jun 17, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder56 min
Jun 17, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean53 min
Jun 17, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh33 min
Jun 17, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman67 min
Jun 17, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Williams67 min
Jun 17, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISStutsman61 min
Jun 17, 4:16 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISDickey, LaMoure11 hr
Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie62 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.