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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 8, 2021Burleigh County, Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 12:32 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Emmons County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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 8, 2021, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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, 1:05 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hazelton, ND	FLOODED STREETS AND YARDS IN HAZELTON. MEASURED 5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR, AND IT WAS STILL RAINING.
Jun 8, 1:35 PM CDT	FLOOD	Hazelton, ND	TWITTER PHOTO OF FLOODING AROUND A RESIDENCE.
Jun 8, 1:35 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hazelton, ND	CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLOOD REPORT FROM HAZELTON. TWITTER PHOTO OF FLOODING AROUND A RESIDENCE.
Jun 8, 2:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 W Braddock, ND	ESTIMATED RAINFALL 6 TO 7 INCHES. MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS. ANOTHER VEHICLE IS MISSING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.6	5 Ne Braddock, ND	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

925 
WGUS53 KBIS 081732
FFWBIS
NDC015-029-082100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0002.210608T1732Z-210608T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1232 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Burleigh County in south central North Dakota...
  Northwestern Emmons County in south central North Dakota...

* Until 400 PM CDT.

* At 1232 PM 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 2 to 3 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...
  Hazelton, Braddock, Temvik, and Beaver Bay Recreation Area.

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 4641 10058 4683 10008 4663 10008 4663 9992
      4623 10036 4623 10056 4625 10056 4628 10058
      4633 10055 4636 10055

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Hollan

The 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, 11:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Kidder	3 hr
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, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	61 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	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.