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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND
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.
- 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
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
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley, McKenzie | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 12:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:55 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 5:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 106 min |
| Jun 17, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 71 min |
| Jun 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Morton | 22 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, McLean, Oliver | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan, Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce, Rolette | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman, Wells | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 115 min |
| Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 117 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 16 min |
| Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burke, Renville, Ward | 3 hr |
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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.