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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 10, 2016Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 11:53 AM CDT for Dickey County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
Aug 10, 2016, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dickey County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 12:39 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.755 Ne Monango, NDSTORM TOTAL FROM 100 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 1230 PM.
Aug 10, 1:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD11 W Ellendale, NDDICKEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 2 WAS FLOODED FROM FORBES TO MERRICOURT. ALSO SAID THAT MANY TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE ALSO LIKELY FLOODED IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL DICKEY COUNTY
Aug 10, 1:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Nne Forbes, NDDICKEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 2 WAS FLOODED FROM FORBES TO MERRICOURT. ALSO SAID THAT MANY TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE ALSO LIKELY FLOODED IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL DICKEY COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WGUS53 KBIS 101653
FFWBIS
NDC021-051-102245-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0002.160810T1653Z-160810T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1153 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 1150 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE AREAS HAD ALREADY
  RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
  THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OAKES...ELLENDALE...FULLERTON...FORBES...MONANGO...
  MERRICOURT AND GLOVER. US HIGHWAY 281 NORTH OF ELLENDALE...
  AS WELL AS COUNTY ROADS 11 AND 56 MAY BE IMPACTED BY FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4594 9879 4594 9923 4628 9900 4628 9801
      4617 9801

$$

VINING
1 follow-up statement
247 
WGUS73 KBIS 101858
FFSBIS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
158 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

NDC021-051-102245-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160810T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKEY ND-MCINTOSH ND-
158 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
DICKEY AND SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 147 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM LATE THIS MORNING
INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 4
INCHES WAS RECEIVED LATE TUESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING.

FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING...AND DICKEY COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT DICKEY COUNTY ROAD 2 WAS FLOODED...FROM
FORBES TO MERRICOURT. OTHER COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE LIKELY
FLOODED AS WELL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAKES...ELLENDALE...FULLERTON...FORBES...MONANGO...
MERRICOURT AND GLOVER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9879 4594 9923 4628 9900 4628 9801
      4617 9801

$$

VINING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman, Slope44 min
Aug 9, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Slope54 min
Aug 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman59 min
Aug 9, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons27 min
Aug 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux66 min
Aug 9, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Kidder, Logan58 min
Aug 9, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux49 min
Aug 9, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder, Stutsman35 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, McIntosh62 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan, Morton and 1 more62 min
Aug 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more63 min
Aug 10, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey53 min
Aug 10, 2:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISDickey, Emmons, McIntosh6 hr
Aug 10, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley62 min
Aug 10, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure, McIntosh46 min
Aug 10, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure60 min
Aug 10, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure65 min
Aug 10, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure60 min
Aug 10, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey23 min
Aug 10, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStutsman34 min
Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISDickey8 hr
Aug 10, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie35 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie67 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISMcKenzie6 hr
Aug 10, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, McKenzie62 min
Aug 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie60 min
Aug 10, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Stark63 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail60 min
Aug 10, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDunn, Stark23 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.