Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood watch at Jun 16, 2011, 3:21 AM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 17, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2011, 3:21 AM MDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 8:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Flood severity
- None
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468 WGUS63 KBIS 160921 FFABIS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 421 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI AND SOURIS BASINS...FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS AND CROSBY...AND TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-042-045>048-050-051-161730- /O.NEW.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 421 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 /321 AM MDT THU JUN 16 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... BOTTINEAU...MCHENRY...PIERCE...RENVILLE...ROLETTE AND WARD. IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BURKE...DIVIDE...MCKENZIE...MOUNTRAIL AND WILLIAMS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BURLEIGH... EMMONS...GRANT...KIDDER...MCLEAN...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... SHERIDAN...SIOUX AND WELLS. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... DICKEY...FOSTER...LA MOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH AND STUTSMAN. IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BILLINGS...DUNN...GOLDEN VALLEY AND STARK. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ RK/JV
10 follow-up statements
901 WGUS63 KBIS 161517 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1017 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI AND SOURIS BASINS...FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS AND CROSBY...AND TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-042-045>048-050-051-162330- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1017 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 /917 AM MDT THU JUN 16 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BOTTINEAU... MCHENRY...PIERCE...RENVILLE...ROLETTE AND WARD. IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BURKE...DIVIDE...MCKENZIE...MOUNTRAIL AND WILLIAMS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BURLEIGH...EMMONS... GRANT...KIDDER...MCLEAN...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... SHERIDAN...SIOUX AND WELLS. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... DICKEY...FOSTER...LA MOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH AND STUTSMAN. IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BILLINGS...DUNN...GOLDEN VALLEY AND STARK. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WAA
523 WGUS63 KBIS 161849 FFABIS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 149 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS NOW BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES... COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI AND SOURIS BASINS...FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS AND CROSBY...AND TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NDZ040-041-043-044-170300- /O.EXA.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1249 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...ADAMS...BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND SLOPE. * FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-042-045>048-050-051-170300- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 149 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 /1249 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BOTTINEAU... MCHENRY...PIERCE...RENVILLE...ROLETTE AND WARD. IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BURKE...DIVIDE...MCKENZIE...MOUNTRAIL AND WILLIAMS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BURLEIGH...EMMONS... GRANT...KIDDER...MCLEAN...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... SHERIDAN...SIOUX AND WELLS. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... DICKEY...FOSTER...LA MOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH AND STUTSMAN. IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BILLINGS...DUNN...GOLDEN VALLEY AND STARK. * FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
775 WGUS63 KBIS 162108 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 408 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES... COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI AND SOURIS BASINS... FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS AND CROSBY...AND TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-170515- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 408 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 /308 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BOTTINEAU... MCHENRY...PIERCE...RENVILLE...ROLETTE AND WARD. IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BURKE...DIVIDE...MCKENZIE...MOUNTRAIL AND WILLIAMS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BURLEIGH...EMMONS... GRANT...KIDDER...MCLEAN...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... SHERIDAN...SIOUX AND WELLS. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... DICKEY...FOSTER...LA MOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH AND STUTSMAN. IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...ADAMS...BILLINGS...BOWMAN...DUNN... GOLDEN VALLEY...HETTINGER...SLOPE AND STARK. * FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ WAA
709 WGUS63 KBIS 170144 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 844 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI AND SOURIS BASINS...FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS AND CROSBY...AND TO THE NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-170945- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.110617T0600Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 844 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 /744 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BOTTINEAU... MCHENRY...PIERCE...RENVILLE...ROLETTE AND WARD. IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BURKE...DIVIDE...MCKENZIE...MOUNTRAIL AND WILLIAMS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BURLEIGH...EMMONS... GRANT...KIDDER...MCLEAN...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... SHERIDAN...SIOUX AND WELLS. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... DICKEY...FOSTER...LA MOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH AND STUTSMAN. IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...ADAMS...BILLINGS...BOWMAN...DUNN... GOLDEN VALLEY...HETTINGER...SLOPE AND STARK. * FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. HIGHER AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ KS/WAA
333 WGUS63 KBIS 170614 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 114 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS... MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT WERE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. REPORT RAIN CAUSED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-171415- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 114 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /1214 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL RATES...COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STREET FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS FROM RAIN SWOLLEN DITCHES. HEAVY RAIN WOULD WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RENEWED RISES AT POINTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. && $$ JP MARTIN
641 WGUS63 KBIS 171010 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 510 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS... MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE VIGILANT AND IF WATER STARTS POOLING AROUND YOU...GET TO HIGHER GROUND. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RISES AT RIVER LOCATIONS CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND PONDING OF WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-171815- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 510 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /410 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * THROUGH TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS VERY DANGEROUS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. && $$ JP MARTIN
657 WGUS63 KBIS 171321 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 821 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI... AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE VIGILANT AND IF WATER STARTS POOLING AROUND YOU...GET TO HIGHER GROUND. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RISES AT RIVER LOCATIONS CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND PONDING OF WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-172130- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 821 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /721 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA * THROUGH TONIGHT * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS VERY DANGEROUS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. && $$ JP MARTIN
294 WGUS63 KBIS 171722 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI... AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE VIGILANT AND IF WATER STARTS POOLING AROUND YOU...GET TO HIGHER GROUND. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RISES AT RIVER LOCATIONS CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. DRIER AIR IS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM DICKINSON TO BOWMAN TO HETTINGER HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND PONDING OF WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. NDZ033-040-041-043-044-171830- /O.CAN.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN... HETTINGER 1122 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FROM DICKINSON TO BOWMAN AND HETTINGER IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. | $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031-032-034>037-042-045>048-050- 051-180130- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /1122 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTHWEST. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS VERY DANGEROUS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. && $$
747 WGUS63 KBIS 171937 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 237 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE SOURIS...MISSOURI... AND JAMES RIVER BASINS...AND TRIBUTARIES...COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES ARE POSSIBLE ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE VIGILANT AND IF WATER STARTS POOLING AROUND YOU...GET TO HIGHER GROUND. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO WORSEN ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...AND CAUSE RISES AT RIVER LOCATIONS CURRENTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOST OF THE AREA SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND PONDING OF WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 701-223-4582. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. NDZ018>020-031-032-034-042-045-172045- /O.CAN.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 237 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /137 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017-021>023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-180345- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 237 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NORTH AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS VERY DANGEROUS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DIKES. && $$
808 WGUS63 KBIS 180253 FFABIS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 953 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 NDZ001>005-009>013-017-021>023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-180400- /O.CAN.KBIS.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 953 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ TWH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 16, 3:20 AM MDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:20 AM MDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 420 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... THE MAIN FOCUS OF TODAY'S FORECAST IS REGARDING THE ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAIN EVENT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING/NIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED. CURRENTLY...SATELLITE PICS INDICATE THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN. A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL JET EXTENDED FROM EASTERN IDAHO TO SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IMPULSES WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS THIS AREA OF CONVECTION MOVES EAST THE ATMOSPHERE IS LESS STABLE. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE MUCH LOWER OVER NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA OR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MOST UNSTABLE CAPE IS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST...BUT SHOULD NOT POSE MUCH OF A THREAT OVER NORTH DAKOTA. KEEPING A CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CANADIAN ROCKIES DEVELOPS INTO A LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CANADIAN AND NORTHERN US ROCKIES AS A STRONG VORT MAX/SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE LOW AND SENDS A STRONG SHORTWAVE IMPULSE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. A SECOND STRONGER IMPULSE ON FRIDAY ACTS TO ROTATE THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...A LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS OF COLORADO/KANSAS TODAY...REINFORCING A SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM EASTERN WYOMING TO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS AND LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT...AND LIFTS INTO NORTH DAKOTA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. H925/H850 MOISTURE TRANSPORT NORTHWARD UP THE PLAINS TO NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO CANADA INCREASES RAPIDLY TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS. PRECIPITABLE WATER ESTIMATES OF AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAY BE A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL BE RECEIVED OVER A LARGE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... UNFORTUNATELY...THERE APPEARS TO BE VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WET PATTERN CURRENTLY PLAGUING THE FORECAST AREA. FORECAST MODELS INDICATE SOME DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER LOW THROUGH THE CENTRAL CONUS...BUT ALL SOLUTIONS SUPPORT SEVERAL CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAJOR FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE THE ONGOING CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE TERM. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...AN OMEGA TYPE FLOW PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER NORTH AMERICA...WITH ONE OF THE CLOSED LOWS BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA. THIS PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE AT LEAST UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT...AND WILL PULL PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE STATE. BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS DAYTIME HEATING AND THE COOLER TEMPS AND LOWERED HEIGHTS ALOFT PROMOTE INSTABILITY. BY MONDAY NIGHT...MODELS DEPICT THE OMEGA FLOW BREAKING DOWN...AND A COMBINATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW AND ANOTHER VIGOROUS TROUGH PUSHING INTO THE REGION. MODELS USUALLY HAVE A TOUGH TIME RESOLVING THE BREAKDOWN OF SUCH A PATTERN...SO CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING OF THIS CHANGE IS RATHER LOW. WILL THEREFORE KEEP AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE TERM. WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF AIR MASS CHANGES...TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY PRETTY STEADY THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THEREFORE...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S. && .AVIATION... CURRENTLY...A BATCH OF SHOWERS AND ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS IS IMPACTING KDIK...BUT WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST PRIOR TO 12Z. OTHERWISE...EXPECTING MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WITH POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF KJMS...WHERE SOME LIGHT FOG IS STILL POSSIBLE EARLY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .HYDROLOGY... UNFORTUNATELY - THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN...MISSOURI RIVER BASIN...AND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN ARE FORECAST TO RECEIVE BASIN- WIDE AVERAGES OF 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN AND THE WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS AS WELL. THIS EVENT WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG THE SOURIS...MISSOURI...AND JAMES RIVERS. IN ADDITION...OVERLAND FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS AWAY FROM RIVER VALLEYS AS WELL. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 3 TO 6 HOURS WOULD CAUSE OVERLAND FLASH FLOODING. THE ONLY AREA THAT IS NOT IN A THREAT ARE THE COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH ARE FORECAST TO RECEIVE LESSER AMOUNTS...PERHAPS 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES...AND WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE SUGGESTS 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN WOULD BE NEEDED TO RESULT IN OVERLAND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-042-045>048-050-051. && SHORT TERM/HYDROLOGY...VINING LONG TERM...BPN/RK AVIATION...RK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 8:44 PM MDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 944 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-170245- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 944 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 /844 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. KS/WAA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1253 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 NDZ031-032-040-043-160645- BILLINGS-BOWMAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-SLOPE- 1153 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1248 AM CDT/1148 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WIBAUX COUNTY TO CARTER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GOLVA AND BEACH BY 1225 AM MDT... MUD BUTTES AND SUNSET BUTTE BY 1235 AM MDT... ALPHA AND SENTINEL BUTTE BY 1240 AM MDT... RHAME BY 1245 AM MDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. KINNEY
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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.