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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 22, 2009Dickey County, LaMoure County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2009, 2:29 PM CDT for Dickey County, LaMoure County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2009, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KBIS 221929
FFWBIS
NDC021-045-230130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0001.090322T1929Z-090323T0130Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
229 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 
  SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA
  OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE   
  AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS 
  WILL CAUSE WASHING OUT OF DIRT ROADS...RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS  
  AND STREAMS....WATER COVERING ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE CONCERNS OF    
  WATER AFFECTING HOMES DUE TO RAPID SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL ACROSS   
  LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KULM...
  VERONA...NORTONVILLE...MARION...LA MOURE...JUD...GRAND RAPIDS...
  EDGELEY...DICKEY...BERLIN...ALFRED AND ADRIAN

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

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4594 9801 4595 9901 4628 9900 4628 9905
      4631 9905 4663 9903 4663 9804 4629 9805
      4629 9803 4627 9800

$$

PJA

2 follow-up statements

709 
WGUS73 KBIS 222030
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

NDC021-045-230130-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090323T0130Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMOURE ND-DICKEY ND-
330 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED 
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH 
DAKOTA. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE WASHING OUT OF DIRT ROADS...RAPID 
RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS....WATER COVERING ROADWAYS AND 
POSSIBLE CONCERNS OF WATER AFFECTING HOMES...DUE TO RAPID SNOW MELT 
AND RAINFALL ACROSS LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES.

HOMES HAVE ALREADY REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FLOODING IN DICKEY COUNTY 
BY THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERONA...
NORTONVILLE...MARION...LA MOURE...KULM...JUD...GRAND RAPIDS...
EDGELEY...DICKEY...BERLIN...ALFRED AND ADRIAN

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4594 9801 4595 9901 4628 9900 4628 9905
      4631 9905 4663 9903 4663 9804 4629 9805
      4629 9803 4627 9800

$$

PJA

250 
WGUS73 KBIS 230127
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
827 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

NDC021-045-230135-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090323T0130Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMOURE ND-DICKEY ND-
827 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/ FOR
DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...

ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS STOPPED...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 
ACROSSDICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES AS A RESULT OF RAPID SNOW 
MELT ANDRUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING REMAINSIN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH 
DAKOTAINCLUDING LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT ON 
TUESDAY. 

LAT...LON 4594 9801 4595 9901 4628 9900 4628 9905
      4631 9905 4663 9903 4663 9804 4629 9805
      4629 9803 4627 9800

$$
PJA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Mar 22, 4:20 AM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 4:20 AM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
420 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM IS ON TAP FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY  AND TONIGHT...WITH THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IN THE FAR
WEST TONIGHT AND IN THE CENTRAL SOMETIME ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES IN
THE 40S...50S...AND 60S AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD HELP TO
ACCELERATE THE SNOW MELT...WHICH WILL ADD TO FLOODING CONCERNS.
FLOOD WARNINGS...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY ALL
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

IN ADDITION TO FLOODING AND ANTICIPATED PRECIPITATION...SOUTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY TO 30 TO 35 MPH OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ISSUE A WIND
ADVISORY THESE AREAS...INCLUDING BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH.

IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION TYPE...EXPECT THAT A
COMBINATION OF DYNAMIC COOLING AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL
ALLOW FOR A SHIFT IN PRECIPITATION TYPE FROM RAIN TO SNOW...MOST
LIKELY BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE
WEST. BY MONDAY EVENING...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN/SNOW WILL BE OVER THE
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE ORIENTED FROM MINOT
TO BISMARCK.

AMOUNTS AND LOCATION WILL BE GREATLY RELATED TO SPEED AND TRACK OF
THE STORM...ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL TIMING OF DYNAMIC COOLING. WITH
THREE MAIN AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY...THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST.
LATEST MODELS INDICATING THAT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHEST AROUND
HETTINGER...WITH AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM NEAR HETTINGER
TO NEAR MANDAN...WITH 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH SOME LOCALES
REACHING NEAR 14 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
UNCERTAINTY IS GREATER OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DUE TO ITS
PROXIMITY TO THE FORECAST RAIN/SNOW LINE. THE JAMESTOWN AREA SHOULD
BE SPARED A CHANGEOVER UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY...SO SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD
BE LESS THERE. WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL WITH AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE
BEGINNING MONDAY AT DAYBREAK...AND FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD BEGINNING
MONDAY EVENING.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE MAJOR SPRING STORM WHICH AFFECTS THE NORTHERN PLAINS IN THE
SHORT TERM WILL BE EXITING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN THE LONG TERM GRIDS BEGIN. GENERALLY USED
ECMWF FOR FORECAST.

SEVERAL MID LEVEL LOWS TRAVERSE THE REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED ON
GENERALLY NORTHWEST FLOW. SCATTERED POPS WILL REMAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AS
WRAP-AROUND CONTINUES. FIRST CLOSED LOW MOVES ACROSS STATE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY BUT QPF REMAINS WEAK AS NORTHERN PLAINS NOW CUTOFF FROM
GULF MOISTURE. WEAK ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF LAKE
WINNIPEG SOUTH TO CENTRAL PLAINS. FEW CHANGES IN EXTENDED.

&&

.AVIATION...
STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF INTENSE LOW FROM SOUTHEAST
MONTANA TO NORTHERN COLORADO. THE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT TAFS NEXT 24
HOURS AS NORTHERN PLAINS REMAIN IN WARM SECTOR WITH AREAS OF STRATUS
AND FOG...COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BRINGING BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...

SNOW MELT AND RUNOFF CONTINUE TO GENERATE ICE JAMS AND
RISING WATER LEVELS IN MANY LOCATIONS...IN ADDITION TO COVERING
SEVERAL ROADWAYS. THE SIGNIFICANT STORM MENTIONED ABOVE WILL
AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION TREMENDOUSLY AS FIRST TWO BAND OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORMS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FIRST MORE INTENSE NOW EXITING NORTHEAST CWA
WHILE SECOND MORE DIFFUSE AREA CROSSES WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE
TWO BANDS HAVE TRIGGERED AREAL FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL RESPECTIVELY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NDZ003-004-011-012-019>022-034-035-042-045-046.

FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR NDZ001-002-009-010-017-032.

BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044.

FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
NDZ003-004-011-012-021-022.

FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051.

WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
NDZ023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051.

&&

JV/HW

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 5:35 AM CDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-032-231045-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-BILLINGS-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ003-004-011-012-021-022-231045-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ005-013-231045-
ROLETTE-PIERCE-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE
TUESDAY.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ031-040-043-231045-
GOLDEN VALLEY-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ018-033-041-044-231045-
DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ019-020-034-042-045-231045-
MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ035-046-231045-
BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-231045-
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1001 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0936 AM     TSTM WND GST     MINOT AIR FORCE BASE    48.42N 101.36W
03/22/2009  M60 MPH          WARD               ND   ASOS

&&

NHEINERT

Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1030 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 AM     FLOOD            2 S WATFORD CITY        47.77N 103.28W
03/22/2009                   MCKENZIE           ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CHERRY CREECK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CITY OUTSKIRTS IS
            FLOODED. TOURIST PARK UNDER WATER. SANDBAGGING ONGOING IN
            CITY. AT LEAST ONE HOME FLOODED WITH POTENTIAL FOR 6 MORE
            THIS MORNING IF RISE CONTINUES.

&&

SCHECK

Local storm report, Mar 22, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1146 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     TSTM WND GST     LONG LAKE               45.86N 99.21W
03/22/2009  M67 MPH          MCPHERSON          SD   MESONET

&&

NHEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Adams	4 hr
Mar 21, 10:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Adams, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 5 more	12 hr
Mar 22, 2:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	18 days
Mar 22, 3:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	86 days
Mar 22, 5:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 17 more	16 hr
Mar 22, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette, Ward	51 min
Mar 22, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more	5 days
Mar 22, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	57 min
Mar 22, 10:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette, Ward	57 min
Mar 22, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	55 min
Mar 22, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	64 min
Mar 22, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Foster	71 hr
Mar 22, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	35 days
Mar 22, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	5 hr
Mar 22, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman	19 min
Mar 22, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, LaMoure, Stutsman	54 min
Mar 22, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Stutsman	6 hr
Mar 22, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	66 min
Mar 22, 5:04 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn and 16 more	50 hr
Mar 22, 5:04 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Pierce, Rolette and 2 more	23 hr
Mar 22, 5:04 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Williams	42 hr
Mar 22, 5:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	4 days
Mar 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn	29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.