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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 25, 2011Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2011, 5:46 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2011, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 9:11 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 11 S Mohall, ND1 INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. RELAYED BY MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2011-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1375 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 2011-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

836 
WGUS53 KBIS 252246
FFWBIS
NDC009-075-101-260430-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0018.110625T2246Z-110626T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
546 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  WESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF         
  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN WARD AND WESTERN BOTTINEAU
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ANTLER...ECKMAN...GRANO...
  GREENE...KENMARE...LANSFORD...LORAINE...MAXBASS...MOHALL...NORMA...
  SHERWOOD...TOLLEY AND WESTHOPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 10098 4864 10098 4859 10209 4878 10213
      4881 10208 4881 10203 4885 10201 4900 10174

$$

SIMOSKO
1 follow-up statement
315 
WGUS73 KBIS 260211
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
911 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

NDC009-075-101-260225-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110626T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOTTINEAU ND-RENVILLE ND-WARD ND-
911 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WARD...NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND WESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED 
AREA...ENDING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. AN URBAN AND SMALL 
STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. IF FLOODING 
HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4900 10098 4864 10098 4859 10209 4878 10213
      4881 10208 4881 10203 4885 10201 4900 10174

$$

HEINERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie59 min
Jun 24, 9:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMcKenzie3 hr
Jun 24, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMcKenzie, Mountrail4 hr
Jun 24, 10:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISDunn, McKenzie3 hr
Jun 25, 5:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISWard6 hr
Jun 25, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail35 min
Jun 25, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchBISAdams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 11 more25 hr
Jun 25, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail47 min
Jun 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail, Williams60 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurke, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams4 hr
Jun 25, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Renville, Ward56 min
Jun 25, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMountrail28 min
Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville53 min
Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville, Ward25 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Renville, Ward6 hr
Jun 25, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail, Ward55 min
Jun 25, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville62 min
Jun 25, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard19 min
Jun 25, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry66 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRenville, Ward42 min
Jun 25, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward41 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBottineau, McHenry3 hr
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Rolette60 min
Jun 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette67 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.