Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 3:55 AM CDT for Divide County, McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 9, 2012, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Divide County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KBIS 090855
FFWBIS
NDC023-053-105-091300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0002.120609T0855Z-120609T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
355 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DIVIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT/700 AM MDT/
* AT 352 AM CDT/252 AM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF AN INCH OF RAIN ALREADY
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR HAD OCCURRED IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS
COUNTY AND AN INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM DIVIDE TO
WILLIAMS TO NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM CDT.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CROSBY AND WILLISTON...TRENTON...WATFORD CITY AND TIOGA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4899 10295 4882 10293 4873 10294 4872 10291
4838 10289 4837 10286 4812 10283 4775 10265
4775 10403 4898 10406
$$
VINING2 follow-up statements
778
WGUS73 KBIS 091040
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
540 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
NDC023-053-105-091300-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120609T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLIAMS ND-DIVIDE ND-MCKENZIE ND-
540 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MCKENZIE...
DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT/700 AM MDT/...
AT 537 AM CDT/437 AM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST INTO
BURKE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE ANYWHERE FROM
0.75 TO 2 INCHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND
NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE THREAT
FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT IMMINENT...BUT SOME AREAS MAY STILL
BE FLOODED.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING
INCLUDE...CROSBY AND WILLISTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.
&&
LAT...LON 4899 10295 4882 10293 4873 10294 4872 10291
4838 10289 4837 10286 4812 10283 4775 10265
4775 10403 4898 10406
$$
VINING513
WGUS73 KBIS 091254
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
754 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
NDC023-053-105-091309-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120609T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLIAMS ND-DIVIDE ND-MCKENZIE ND-
754 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MCKENZIE...DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
800 AM CDT/700 AM MDT/...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED...WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...OR HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND BARRICADED. IF ONGOING FLOODING HAS
BEEN OBSERVED WITHOUT PROPER SIGNING OR BARRICADES...PLEASE REPORT IT
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4899 10295 4882 10293 4873 10294 4872 10291
4838 10289 4837 10286 4812 10283 4775 10265
4775 10403 4898 10406
$$
VININGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burke, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Ward | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville, Ward | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 74 min |
| Jun 9, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward, Williams | 24 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 40 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.