Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 11:07 AM CDT for Kidder County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 8, 2021, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kidder County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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 8, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Steele, ND | SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER IN STEELE. MEASURED 4.30 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF NOON AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted.
610
WGUS53 KBIS 081607
FFWBIS
NDC043-081900-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0001.210608T1607Z-210608T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1107 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Kidder County in south central North Dakota...
* Until 200 PM CDT.
* At 1107 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Steele, Dawson and Lake Isabel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4683 10008 4687 9998 4689 9988 4689 9968
4663 9979 4663 10008
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Hollan1 follow-up statement
407
WGUS73 KBIS 081718
FFSBIS
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1218 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
NDC043-081900-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210608T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kidder ND-
1218 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTY...
At 1218 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported water over several
roads in Steele. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Steele, Dawson, and Lake Isabel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
&&
LAT...LON 4683 10008 4687 9998 4689 9988 4689 9968
4663 9979 4663 10008
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
HollanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | LaMoure | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 11:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Kidder, LaMoure, Stutsman | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 12:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Kidder | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 10 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Sioux | 10 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Golden Valley, McKenzie | 58 min |
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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.