Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2021, 11:46 AM CDT for Oliver 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
- Aug 30, 2021, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 12:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.6 | 9 W Hannover, ND | RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417
WGUS53 KBIS 301646
FFWBIS
NDC065-301945-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FF.W.0007.210830T1646Z-210830T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1146 AM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Oliver County in south central North Dakota...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 1145 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to four inches of rain has
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Oliver County.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 4724 10150 4709 10157 4714 10176 4724 10176
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
SCHILD1 follow-up statement
724
WGUS73 KBIS 301816
FFSBIS
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
116 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
NDC065-301945-
/O.CON.KBIS.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210830T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Oliver ND-
116 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OLIVER COUNTY...
At 114 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that over five inches of rain
has fallen over the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
and low lying areas.
Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Oliver County.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to two inches are possible as
additional thunderstorms move over the area this afternoon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 4724 10150 4709 10157 4714 10176 4724 10176
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
SCHILDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Oliver | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 63 min |
| Aug 30, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 59 min |
| Aug 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Morton | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Oliver | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 35 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.