Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2015, 8:34 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 21, 2015, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 21, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bismarck, ND | MULTIPLE STREETS ACROSS BISMARCK FLOODED...INCLUDING 12TH STREET AND AIRPORT ROAD. |
| Jun 21, 10:01 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Mandan, ND | STORM TOTAL |
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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951
WGUS53 KBIS 220134
FFWBIS
NDC015-059-220730-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0002.150622T0134Z-150622T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
834 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 831 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPACT MANDAN AND BISMARCK BY 845 TO 900 PM CDT.
INTENSE RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE STREET FLOODING
ACROSS THE METRO AREA. UNDERPASSES ARE LIKELY TO BECOME FILLED
WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BISMARCK...MANDAN...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL DAM RECREATION AREA AND
UNIVERSITY OF MARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4687 10063 4667 10063 4667 10098 4687 10098
$$
AYD2 follow-up statements
643 WGUS73 KBIS 220244 FFSBIS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 944 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 NDC015-059-220730- /O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150622T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND- 944 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES... AT 942 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN QUICKLY FELL ACROSS MANDAN AND BISMARCK. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL IS CAUSING STREET FLOODING ON MANY FLOOD PRONE ROADS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS THE METRO. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BISMARCK...MANDAN...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL DAM RECREATION AREA AND UNIVERSITY OF MARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4687 10063 4667 10063 4667 10098 4687 10098 $$ AYD
726 WGUS73 KBIS 220358 FFSBIS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 NDC015-059-220407- /O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150622T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND- 1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH AND NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... STREET FLOODING ACROSS BISMARCK AND MANDAN CONTINUES TO RECEDE AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4687 10063 4667 10063 4667 10098 4687 10098 $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Stark | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, McIntosh | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Sioux | 42 min |
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.