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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 22, 2011Grant County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood warning at Mar 22, 2011, 11:51 AM MDT for Grant County, Sioux 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: Mar 22, 2011, 11:51 AM MDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2011, 5:49 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Grant County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 22, 11:30 AM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 11:30 AM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 9:28 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1028 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

NDZ017-018-031>034-040>047-050-051-231530-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-
GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
1028 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /928 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND FAR
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE
OBSERVES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH
SNOWFALL REPORTS...FREEZING RAIN...AND ANY OTHER WEATHER HAZARD
THAT IS OBSERVED.

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-035>037-048-231530-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-
1028 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND ICE PELLETS WILL
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER MOST OF
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING
OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE
OBSERVES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH
SNOWFALL REPORTS...FREEZING RAIN...AND ANY OTHER WEATHER HAZARD
THAT IS OBSERVED.

KS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:43 AM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
843 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

NDZ017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-221530-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
843 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /743 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING...WHICH IS INCREASING THE
INTENSITY OF PRECIPITATION. ISOLATED PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. WHERE
ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...FREEZING RAIN WILL
PRODUCE VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS MAY
ALSO BECOME COATED WITH A LAYER OF ICE...AND ADD TO THE TRAVEL
HAZARDS. TRAVELERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THIS
MORNING...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.

KINNEY

Local storm report, Mar 22, 9:02 AM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1002 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

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

1000 AM     SNOW             1 NW BEULAH             47.27N 101.79W
03/22/2011  M1.3 INCH        MERCER             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAIN AND SNOW MIXED

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 22, 9:50 AM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:32 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:41 AM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1141 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

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

1139 AM     SNOW             SCRANTON                46.15N 103.14W
03/22/2011  E1.0 INCH        BOWMAN             ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RELAY BY EMERGENCY MANAGER AT BOWMAN

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Local storm report, Mar 22, 11:24 AM MDT, 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 9:49 AM MDT	Ice Storm Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 8 more	6 hr
Mar 22, 9:49 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 8 more	6 hr
Mar 22, 11:00 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	23 hr
Mar 22, 11:23 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Golden Valley	71 hr
Mar 22, 11:54 AM MDT	Blizzard Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Foster, McHenry and 9 more	9 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2011 Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.