Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Aug 5, 2011, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2011, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Stark County, ND

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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812 
WGUS53 KBIS 052159
FFWBIS
NDC089-060400-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0041.110805T2159Z-110806T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
359 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/

* AT 358 PM MDT/458 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE   
  POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST THREAT FOR   
  FLASH FLOODING IS ACROSS SOUTHEAST STARK COUNTY SOUTH OF THE TOWN  
  OF RICHARDTON. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF EASTERN STARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GLADSTONE...
  LEFOR...RICHARDTON AND TAYLOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4663 10262 4698 10260 4698 10253 4701 10252
      4701 10226 4701 10215 4698 10213 4698 10210
      4671 10209 4663 10211

$$

AYD

103 
WGUS73 KBIS 052306
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
606 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011

NDC089-060400-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110806T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARK ND-
506 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN STARK COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/...

AT 503 PM MDT/603 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN STARK 
COUNTY...EAST OF LEFOR AND SOUTH OF RICHARDTON. DITCHES RUNNING FULL 
WITH WATER...IN ADDITION TO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AND OVERLAND 
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STARK
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GLADSTONE...LEFOR...RICHARDTON AND
TAYLOR.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4663 10262 4698 10260 4698 10253 4701 10252
      4701 10226 4701 10215 4698 10213 4698 10210
      4671 10209 4663 10211

$$

AYD

253 
WGUS73 KBIS 060351
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1051 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011

NDC089-060405-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110806T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARK ND-
951 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN STARK
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. WHILE 
ISOLATED AREAS OF OVERLAND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 
SATURDAY...THE LARGE SCALE THREAT HAS ENDED. 

LAT...LON 4663 10262 4698 10260 4698 10253 4701 10252
      4701 10226 4701 10215 4698 10213 4698 10210
      4671 10209 4663 10211

$$

AYD

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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.