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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 21, 2016Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2016, 8:20 PM MDT for Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 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 21, 2016, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 2:15 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hettinger County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-462 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
495 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

150 
WGUS53 KBIS 220220
FFWBIS
NDC041-220815-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0001.160622T0220Z-160622T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
820 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 215 AM MDT

* AT 818 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
  OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF REGENT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...REGENT...BURT...HAVELOCK AND BENTLEY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4627 10250 4628 10250 4628 10254 4641 10288
      4661 10289 4663 10270 4656 10210 4622 10203
      4621 10235

$$

HEINERT/MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
286 
WGUS73 KBIS 220337
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
937 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

NDC041-220815-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160622T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HETTINGER ND-
937 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR
HETTINGER COUNTY...

TORRENTIAL RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING IN AND AROUND
REGENT...HETTINGER COUNTY. STREETS IN TOWN WERE FLOODED TO THREE
FEET OF RUSHING WATER. DITCHES OUTSIDE OF TOWN...ALONG THE ENCHANTED
HIGHWAY...WERE OVERFLOWING AND SPILLING OVER THE ROAD. AROUND THREE
INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS AROUND MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...REGENT...BURT...
HAVELOCK AND BENTLEY.

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE SO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4627 10250 4628 10250 4628 10254 4641 10288
      4661 10289 4663 10270 4656 10210 4622 10203
      4621 10235

$$

HEINERT/MARTIN
093 
WGUS73 KBIS 220540
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1140 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

NDC041-220550-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160622T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HETTINGER ND-
1140 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HETTINGER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4627 10250 4628 10250 4628 10254 4641 10288
      4661 10289 4663 10270 4656 10210 4622 10203
      4621 10235

$$

SAVADEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSlope36 min
Jun 21, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Slope, Stark59 min
Jun 21, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSlope56 min
Jun 21, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie36 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams55 min
Jun 21, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Slope, Stark65 min
Jun 21, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer53 min
Jun 21, 7:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMcKenzie38 min
Jun 21, 7:26 PM MDTTornado WarningBISHettinger34 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWilliams20 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSlope42 min
Jun 21, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail64 min
Jun 21, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger59 min
Jun 21, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer55 min
Jun 21, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams55 min
Jun 21, 8:08 PM MDTTornado WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger37 min
Jun 21, 8:14 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISMcKenzie31 min
Jun 21, 8:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail38 min
Jun 21, 8:37 PM MDTTornado WarningBISGrant, Sioux23 min
Jun 21, 8:48 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISMcKenzie27 min
Jun 21, 8:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBISDunn, McLean26 min
Jun 21, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux43 min
Jun 21, 9:10 PM MDTTornado WarningBISMcKenzie35 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Ward60 min
Jun 21, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward37 min
Jun 21, 10:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver59 min
Jun 21, 10:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh48 min
Jun 21, 11:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver38 min
Jun 21, 11:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton, Sioux60 min
Jun 22, 12:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh58 min
Jun 22, 1:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.