Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 6:51 AM CDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bottineau County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449
WGUS53 KBIS 091151
FFWBIS
NDC009-049-069-079-091600-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0005.120609T1151Z-120609T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
651 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 649 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN MAY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOTTINEAU...VELVA...WILLOW CITY...INTERNATIONAL PEACE
GARDENS...ROLETTE...RUGBY.
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.
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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BISMARCK AT 701-223-4582.
&&
LAT...LON 4898 9952 4837 9949 4836 9983 4803 9984
4802 9981 4785 9981 4785 10097 4900 10108
$$
VINING1 follow-up statement
800
WGUS73 KBIS 091323
FFSBIS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
823 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
NDC009-049-069-079-091600-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120609T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOTTINEAU ND-MCHENRY ND-PIERCE ND-ROLETTE ND-
823 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROLETTE...PIERCE...
MCHENRY AND EASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...
AT 819 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH PIERCE AND ROLETTE
COUNTIES...WHILE THE TRAILING EDGE WAS EXITING EASTERN BOTTINEAU
COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOTTINEAU...RUGBY AND ROLLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.
&&
LAT...LON 4898 9952 4837 9949 4836 9983 4803 9984
4802 9981 4785 9981 4785 10097 4900 10108
$$
HAMILTONThe 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, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 4 hr |
| 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, 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.