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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 2016Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2016, 7:53 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 7 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 17, 2016, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 17, 8:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 W Grafton, ND	HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED FLOODED FIELDS AND FARM ACCESS ROADS ACROSS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WALSH COUNTY.
Jun 17, 8:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sw Drayton, ND	INTERSTATE 29 NEAR DRAYTON TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODED TRAFFIC LANES.

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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 302 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

608 
WGUS53 KFGF 171253
FFWFGF
MNC069-089-NDC035-067-099-172015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FF.W.0002.160617T1253Z-160617T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
753 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT FRIDAY
    
* AT 748 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH THE MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS FALLEN. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER ROADWAYS
  ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN WALSH COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
  TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...DRAYTON...STEPHEN...MINTO...FORDVILLE AND
  KENNEDY.

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 191.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4882 9673 4857 9658 4807 9767 4816 9791
      4820 9791 4819 9801 4824 9814

$$

JAM

2 follow-up statements

397 
WGUS73 KFGF 171632
FFSFGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1132 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC069-089-NDC035-067-099-172015-
/O.CON.KFGF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160617T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND-GRAND FORKS ND-
1132 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FRIDAY
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON...NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN
PEMBINA...SOUTHEASTERN WALSH AND NORTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTIES...

AT 1129 AM CDT...HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4
TO 5 INCHES. INTERSTATE 29 WAS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER ON THE ROAD IN
SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...DRAYTON...STEPHEN...MINTO...
FORDVILLE AND KENNEDY. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 191.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4882 9673 4857 9658 4807 9767 4816 9791
      4820 9791 4819 9801 4824 9814

$$

JK

864 
WGUS73 KFGF 172031
FFSFGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC069-089-NDC035-067-099-172031-
/O.EXP.KFGF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160617T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND-GRAND FORKS ND-
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON...NORTHWESTERN
MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA...SOUTHEASTERN WALSH AND NORTHWESTERN
GRAND FORKS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

WATER HAS RECEDED FROM ROADWAYS. WASHOUTS MAY HAVE OCCURRED ON LOW
LYING PASSAGES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4882 9673 4857 9658 4807 9767 4816 9791
      4820 9791 4819 9801 4824 9814

$$

JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	35 min
Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson	22 min
Jun 17, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Kittson, Roseau	53 min
Jun 17, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	35 min
Jun 17, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	57 min
Jun 17, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	60 min
Jun 17, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Polk	74 min
Jun 17, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker, Clay	51 min
Jun 17, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	38 min
Jun 17, 8:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail	65 min
Jun 17, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	61 min
Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	110 min
Jun 17, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	55 min
Jun 17, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods	44 min
Jun 17, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 1 more	54 min
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	38 min
Jun 17, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	32 min
Jun 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	43 min
Jun 17, 11:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	10 days
Jun 17, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	41 min
Jun 17, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Hubbard	40 min
Jun 17, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Otter Tail	64 min
Jun 17, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	34 min
Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena	60 min
Jun 17, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena	57 min
Jun 17, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Douglas	65 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Kittson	6 days
Jun 17, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pembina	65 min
Jun 17, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	18 min
Jun 17, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Ramsey	64 min
Jun 17, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Nelson	36 min
Jun 17, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson	43 min
Jun 17, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh	59 min
Jun 17, 7:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	41 min
Jun 17, 8:24 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Nelson, Walsh	39 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	4 days
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Walsh	4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.