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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 2010Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2010, 4:58 PM CDT for Ward 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2010, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ward County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2010-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2010-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -314 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
431 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
AS THE MODELS FORECAST A SURFACE LOW AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE
LIFTING NORTH AND SHOULD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN
CANADA ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL SHIFT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
NORTH...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF PRECIP
IN THE FORECAST ON FRIDAY DUE MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE NEARLY
STATIONARY LOW. A TRANSITORY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA ON SATURDAY...BUT DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE THAT
FROM RESCENT RAINS...EXPECT TO SEE SOME POTENTIAL INSTABILITY AND
CONSEQUENTLY WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPEPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL ON FRIDAY
BUT A WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE WEEKEND PRELIMINARY
TO THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON
MONDAY...WITH THE USUAL SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES THEN MOVING INTO THE PLAINS. CONSEQUENTLY...WILL SEE
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOP WHICH WILL ADVECT MOISTURE AND
WARM AIR INTO THE REGION. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY BRINGING YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.

.HYDROLOGY...HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING THROUGH
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING
IN THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL
AROUND MIDNIGHT ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE BETTER CHANCE OF
HEAVY RAIN IS SHIFTING TO NORTH CENTRAL ND.

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...
AND LIGHTING WILL CONTINUE MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL ND THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS CAN
BE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE NORTH INTO CANADA...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR
NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY FOR
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021-031-032.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013.

&&

TSW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 6:12 AM CDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

NDZ001-002-009-010-181115-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ017>019-021-031-032-181115-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 /512 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS MORNING WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING IN
EFFECT FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ020-022-033>036-040>047-050-181115-
OLIVER-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-
GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 /512 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
MORNING WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ003>005-011>013-181115-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ023-025-037-048-051-181115-
WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JV

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley63 min
Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie47 min
Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBillings, Golden Valley, McKenzie3 hr
Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams50 min
Jun 16, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, Mountrail54 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Williams43 min
Jun 16, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton63 min
Jun 16, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward64 min
Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh55 min
Jun 17, 12:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 2 more6 hr
Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward59 min
Jun 17, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells58 min
Jun 17, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, Mountrail6 hr
Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more5 hr
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISDickey, LaMoure3 hr
Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISFoster, Stutsman3 hr
Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark6 hr
Jun 17, 4:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more38 hr
Jun 17, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux34 min
Jun 17, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton40 min
Jun 17, 5:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Morton106 min
Jun 17, 6:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISMorton, Oliver5 hr
Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISFoster, Stutsman71 min
Jun 17, 8:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMorton3 hr
Jun 17, 11:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISMorton22 hr
Jun 17, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman38 min
Jun 17, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells52 min
Jun 17, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux60 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver64 min
Jun 17, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, McLean, Oliver53 min
Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Logan, Stutsman61 min
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean66 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurke, Divide54 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Rolette39 min
Jun 17, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard66 min
Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman26 min
Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Stutsman, Wells60 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBISStutsman24 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBISWells33 min
Jun 17, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward57 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman32 min
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMcKenzie, Williams115 min
Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMcHenry, Ward4 hr
Jun 17, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster14 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette59 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville, Ward58 min
Jun 17, 4:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISMcHenry, Ward117 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Renville52 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster16 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward28 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette4 hr
Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurke, Renville, Ward3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.