Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Jun 12, 2011, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2011, 12:22 AM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stark County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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584 
WGUS53 KBIS 130209
FFWBIS
NDC001-037-041-059-065-085-089-130800-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0003.110613T0209Z-110613T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
809 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  EASTERN HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  EASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
  WESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 200 AM MDT MONDAY/300 AM CDT MONDAY/

* AT 758 PM MDT/858 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO 
  FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL AS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF
  AN INCH AN HOUR OR HALF AN INCH IN TEN MINUTES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF EASTERN ADAMS...EASTERN HETTINGER...EASTERN STARK...EXTREME
  SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...NORTHWESTERN MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER AND
  WESTERN GRANT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BENTLEY...BURT...
  ELGIN...GLEN ULLIN...HAYNES...HEART BUTTE DAM...HEBRON...HEIL...
  MOTT...NEW LEIPZIG AND RICHARDTON.

  MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN HETTINGER OF ADAMS COUNTY AND 
  IS REPORTED OVER INTERSTATE 94 AT MILE MARKER 106 IN WESTERN MORTON
  COUNTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER THE AREAS WHERE 
EXCESSIVE RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4596 10263 4693 10236 4699 10193 4698 10177
      4700 10176 4705 10131 4596 10195

$$

WETZEL

245 
WGUS73 KBIS 130453
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1153 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2011

NDC001-037-041-059-065-085-089-130800-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110613T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS ND-GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-OLIVER ND-STARK ND-MORTON ND-SIOUX ND-
1053 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
SIOUX...NORTHWESTERN MORTON...EASTERN STARK...SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER...
EASTERN HETTINGER...WESTERN GRANT AND EASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL
200 AM MDT/300 AM CDT/...

AT 1040 PM MDT/1140 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON AVERAGE FROM 
GLEN ULLIN...THROUGH NEW LEIPZIG...BENTLEY AND HAYNES. IN ADDITION 
TO OVERLAND FLOODING OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS...RAPID RISES ARE 
ALSO LIKELY ON  AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS...INCLUDING THE LOWER REACH 
OF THIRTY MILE CREEK...THE CANNONBALL RIVER FROM NEAR BENTLEY 
THROUGH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...THE HEART RIVER ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN 
STARK AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...AND THE BIG MUDDY 
CREEK...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ALMONT. THOSE NEAR THESE RIVERS AND 
CREEKS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
ADAMS...EASTERN HETTINGER...EASTERN STARK...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
SIOUX...NORTHWESTERN MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER AND WESTERN GRANT
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BENTLEY...BURT...ELGIN...GLEN
ULLIN...HAYNES...HEART BUTTE DAM...HEBRON...HEIL...MOTT...NEW LEIPZIG
AND RICHARDTON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4596 10263 4693 10236 4699 10193 4698 10177
      4700 10176 4705 10131 4596 10195

$$

AYD

930 
WGUS73 KBIS 130622
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
122 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

NDC001-037-041-059-065-085-089-130635-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110613T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS ND-GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-OLIVER ND-STARK ND-MORTON ND-SIOUX ND-
1222 AM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...NORTHWESTERN MORTON...EASTERN STARK...
SOUTHWESTERN OLIVER...EASTERN HETTINGER...WESTERN GRANT AND EASTERN 
ADAMS COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN 
AREAL FLOOD WARNING. THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 
MONDAY NIGHT.

LAT...LON 4596 10263 4693 10236 4699 10193 4698 10177
      4700 10176 4705 10131 4596 10195

$$

AYD

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