Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

Issued

Aug 10, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Bismarck, ND

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dickey County, ND

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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206 
WGUS53 KBIS 102114
FFWBIS
NDC021-110500-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0003.160810T2114Z-160811T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY

* AT 405 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF DICKEY COUNTY.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
  FROM THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. 


* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OAKES...ELLENDALE...FULLERTON...FORBES...LUDDEN...MONANGO...
  GUELPH...MERRICOURT AND GLOVER.

MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN DICKEY COUNTY ARE FLOODED. DICKEY COUNTY
ROAD 2 HAS BEEN CLOSED. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 11 WERE UNDER WATER...WITH
WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY. THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY
56. OTHER ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME FLOODED WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9900 4628 9900 4628 9801 4594 9801

$$

VINING

998 
WGUS73 KBIS 110225
FFSBIS

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

NDC021-110500-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160811T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DICKEY ND-
925 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
DICKEY COUNTY...

AT 922 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES OF AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN IN PARTS OF CENTRAL DICKEY COUNTY
AS OF 915 PM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAKES...ELLENDALE...FULLERTON...FORBES...LUDDEN...MONANGO...GUELPH...
MERRICOURT AND GLOVER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...AS THE ROAD
UNDER THE WATER MAY HAVE WASHED OUT.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9900 4628 9900 4628 9801 4594 9801

$$

VINING

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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.