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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 14, 20118 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 14, 2011, 10:11 AM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 20 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2011, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2011, 8:59 AM CDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Ward County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2011-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 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 Apr 14, 7:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:38 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningBISBurleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 5 more42 hr
Apr 14, 3:38 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Foster, Golden Valley and 11 more39 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2011Every 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.