Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 9, 2001

Name: Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 9, 2001
Start: 2001-06-09T17:15
End: 2001-06-09T20:15
Location: North Dakota

June 9, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

TSTM THREAT MAIN FCST PRBLM. MODELS QUITE SMLR AT H5...BUT HAVE
GENLY FLWD AVN.

SGFNT SVR TSTM THREAT CONTS FOR CWA TNGT.  18Z BIS SOUNDING VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE WI CAPE TO 2800 AND LI TO -8.  CONVECTION IN NWRN
ND SHUD CONT TO DVLP SEWD ALG INSTABILITY AXIS THAT EXTENDS TO SE OF
BIS. DEWPTS TO 65F AND LI'S TO -8 ON MSAS. THIS APPEARS TO BE FOCUS
POINT FOR SVR POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME.  MORE WDSPRD CONVECTION WILL
MOVE ACRS NRN PTNS CWA WI UPR LVL SYSTM. HWVR...INSTABILITY AND MSTR
NOT QUITE AS HIGH.  IN BETWEEN SYSTMS SUNDAY...WI ANTHR GUD CHC OF
TSTMS SUN NITE AND INTO MON MRNG.  HWVR...LESS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE.

IN THE LONGER TERM...SHORT BREAK FOR MONDAY BEFORE UPPER LEVEL TROF
MOVS INTO THE NRN PLAINS AND CAMPS OUT THRU THU. WET CONDS WI BLO
NORM TEMPS WILL COVER CWA. CONDS SHUD RETURN MORE TOWARD NORMAL BY
iFRI/SAT NEXT WEEK.

.BIS...NONE
FORS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:28 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    ZAP                       ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0445 PM    ZAP                       ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0448 PM    LIGNITE                   ND   45 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   BURKE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0500 PM    TROTTERS                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0500 PM    3 N TROTTERS              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   MCKENZIE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0500 PM    5 S BEULAH                ND   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0505 PM    BEULAH                    ND   HEAVY RAIN
06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. RAIN 1.5
                                          INCHES. EVENT DURATION
                                          20 MINUTES.

0520 PM    10 SE BEULAH              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   OLIVER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. MOSTLY HEAVY
                                          RAIN AND A FEW HAIL
                                          STONES.

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:28 PM CST, 47 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

528 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    ZAP                       ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0445 PM    ZAP                       ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0448 PM    LIGNITE                   ND   45 MPH TSTM GUST

06/09/01   BURKE                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0500 PM    TROTTERS                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0500 PM    3 N TROTTERS              ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   MCKENZIE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0500 PM    5 S BEULAH                ND   FUNNEL CLOUD

06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE

                                          OBSERVER.

0505 PM    BEULAH                    ND   HEAVY RAIN

06/09/01   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER. RAIN 1.5

                                          INCHES. EVENT DURATION

                                          20 MINUTES.

0520 PM    10 SE BEULAH              ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   OLIVER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER. MOSTLY HEAVY

                                          RAIN AND A FEW HAIL

                                          STONES.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:41 PM CST, 34 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

541 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    4 NE MANDAN               ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY

                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

NNNN

@RUKWBCe	*KDENWWUS30 KBIS 092242 CCA
LSRBIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    4 NE MANDAN               ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:41 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    4 NE MANDAN               ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:56 PM CST, 19 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

556 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0555 PM    3 N (BIS)BISMARCK MUNI AR ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0555 PM    MANDAN                    ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY

                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

NNNN

@RUKWBCe	:KDENWWUS30 KBIS 092257
LSRBIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
556 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0555 PM    3 N (BIS)BISMARCK MUNI AR ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0555 PM    MANDAN                    ND   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:13 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
613 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    8 NE FAIRFIELD            ND   .88 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   BILLINGS                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0600 PM    BISMARCK                  ND   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/09/01   BURLEIGH                       NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                          FUNNEL CL0UDS.

0600 PM    MANDAN                    ND   50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR ON THE STRIP
                                          IN MANDAN.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Burleigh

When: June 9, 5:15 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
Where: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 46.977, -100.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Widespread street flooding throughout the city of Bismarck where a foot or more covered the roads. Travel not advised. Up to 12 feet of water accumulated in the railroad underpasses in town.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, June 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5246098.