Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2011, 2:27 PM CDT for Foster County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2011, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2011, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Foster County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852
WGUS53 KBIS 121927
FFWBIS
NDC031-093-130130-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0045.110812T1927Z-110813T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
227 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
FOSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 226 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 SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THOSE ALONG THE
JAMES RIVER IN JAMESTOWN SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY OBSERVANT FOR
POSSIBLE RIVER LEVEL RISES AS A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...CARRINGTON AND GRACE CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PIPESTEM CREEK...BALDHILL CREEK...LITTLE PIPESTEM CREEK...SEVENMILE
COULEE...JAMES RIVER...KELLY CREEK...STONY BROOK...STREAMAN COULEE...
BEAVER CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...SCOTTS SLOUGH AND ROCKY RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 4664 9880 4730 9877 4731 9927 4759 9926
4760 9926 4758 9848 4699 9846 4698 9843
4663 9844
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
556
WGUS73 KBIS 122150
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
450 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
NDC031-093-130130-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110813T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FOSTER ND-STUTSMAN ND-
450 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN STUTSMAN AND
FOSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN FROM
APPROXIMATELY BUCHANAN...THROUGH BORDULAC...TO JUST SOUTH OF GRACE
CITY...WITH ONE AND A QUARTER TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE CITY
OF JAMESTOWN. AS OF 433 PM CDT...THE JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN WAS AT
11.53 FEET. AT 215 PM CDT...THE RELEASES FROM JAMESTOWN RESERVOIR
WERE REDUCED FROM 800 TO 600 CFS. AT 245 PM CDT...THE JAMESTOWN
RESERVOIR RELEASES WERE FURTHER REDUCED TO 400 CFS...AND THE
PIPESTEM RESERVOIR FROM 1000 TO 800 CFS. ADDITIONAL RISES ON THE
JAMES RIVER THROUGH JAMESTOWN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING FROM LOCAL RUNOFF...WITH RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED TO DECREASE
LATER THIS EVENING RESULTING FROM CUTS IN THE RESERVOIR RELEASES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...JAMESTOWN...BORDULAC AND PINGREE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PIPESTEM CREEK...BALDHILL CREEK...LITTLE PIPESTEM CREEK...SEVENMILE
COULEE...JAMES RIVER...KELLY CREEK...STONY BROOK...STREAMAN COULEE...
BEAVER CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...SCOTTS SLOUGH AND ROCKY RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 4664 9880 4730 9877 4731 9927 4759 9926
4760 9926 4758 9848 4699 9846 4698 9843
4663 9844
$$
AYD402
WGUS73 KBIS 130020
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
720 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
NDC031-093-130032-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110813T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FOSTER ND-STUTSMAN ND-
720 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FOSTER AND PARTS
OF STUTSMAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING FOR FOSTER AND PARTS OF STUTSMAN COUNTIES.
SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT FOR THESE
AREAS. THIS IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS AND IS SHADED ON THE
MAIN PAGE MAP. CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES BUT IT HAS NOW TRANSITIONED
TO A LONGER TERM FLOOD AND LESS OF A FLASH TYPE FLOOD.
LAT...LON 4664 9880 4730 9877 4731 9927 4759 9926
4760 9926 4758 9848 4699 9846 4698 9843
4663 9844
$$
SIMOSKO/MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Divide, Williams | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Pierce, Rolette | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 16 min |
| Aug 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 65 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.