Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2011, 11:42 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 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 14, 2011, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2011, 4:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Emmons County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:03 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.63 | Streeter, ND | TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 11 AM CDT AND 1 PM CDT... |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650
WGUS53 KBIS 141642
FFWBIS
NDC029-043-047-051-093-142230-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0006.110614T1642Z-110614T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1142 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
WESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 1141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WILL LEAD TO STREET
FLOODING IN TOWNS...OVERLAND FLOODING OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS
IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LOCATIONS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AND RAPID
RISES ON FASTER RESPONDING CREEKS AND COULEES ACROSS THE AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF EASTERN KIDDER...LOGAN...MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS AND
WESTERN STUTSMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ASHLEY...
BURNSTAD...CHASE LAKE...CLEVELAND...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DANZIG...
EDMUNDS...FREDONIA...GACKLE...GREEN LAKE...HAGUE...LAKE WILLIAMS...
LEHR...MEDINA...NAPOLEON...PETTIBONE...PINGREE...STREETER...
TAPPEN...VENTURIA...WINDSOR...WISHEK...WOODWORTH AND ZEELAND.
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 4733 9955 4732 9879 4663 9899 4663 9904
4647 9903 4593 9918 4594 10003
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
444
WGUS73 KBIS 141912
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
212 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
NDC029-043-047-051-093-142230-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110614T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EMMONS ND-KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-STUTSMAN ND-
212 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN STUTSMAN...
MCINTOSH...LOGAN...EASTERN KIDDER AND SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS
FALLEN FROM WOODWORTH THROUGH CHASE LAKE...MEDINA AND
STREETER...WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL FROM NAPOLEON THROUGH
ZEELAND. AT 203 PM CDT...2.63 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN
STREETER. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
KIDDER...LOGAN...MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS AND WESTERN STUTSMAN
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ASHLEY...BURNSTAD...CHASE LAKE...
CLEVELAND...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DANZIG...EDMUNDS...FREDONIA...GACKLE...
GREEN LAKE...HAGUE...LAKE WILLIAMS...LEHR...MEDINA...NAPOLEON...
PETTIBONE...PINGREE...STREETER...TAPPEN...VENTURIA...WINDSOR...
WISHEK...WOODWORTH AND ZEELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4733 9955 4732 9879 4663 9899 4663 9904
4647 9903 4593 9918 4594 10003
$$
HEINERT/AYD219
WGUS73 KBIS 142108
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
NDC029-043-047-051-093-142123-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110614T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EMMONS ND-KIDDER ND-LOGAN ND-MCINTOSH ND-STUTSMAN ND-
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN STUTSMAN...
MCINTOSH...LOGAN...EASTERN KIDDER AND SOUTHEASTERN EMMONS COUNTIES
HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING...
WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS OVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO OVERLAND FLOODING AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON
AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS INTO WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
LAT...LON 4733 9955 4732 9879 4663 9899 4663 9904
4647 9903 4593 9918 4594 10003
$$
AYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 10:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BIS | Emmons, Foster, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Stutsman | 80 min |
| Jun 14, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | LaMoure | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey | 22 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.