Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2007, 3:29 AM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2007, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barnes County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 N Oriska, ND | WATER WAS FLOWING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 32 AT NUMEROUS SPOTS BETWEEN MILE MARKER 86 AND 91. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFGF 170831 FFWFGF NDC003-171700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 329 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALLEY CITY... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR URBANA AND ECKELSON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA THROUGH 5 AM. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER BARNES COUNTY THROUGH 5 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VALLEY CITY...SANBORN... ROGERS AND ORISKA. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. LAT...LON 4670 9834 4671 9769 4715 9775 4715 9835 $$ DK
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KFGF 171115 FFSFGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 600 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 NDC003-171700- BARNES ND- 600 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY... RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR URBANA EAST INTO THE VALLEY CITY AREA. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES THAT FEED INTO THE SHEYENNE RIVER. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4670 9834 4671 9769 4715 9775 4715 9835 $$ DK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 2:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 13 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.