1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 10, 2:30 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2002
WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ND UNTIL 730 AM MDT.
SURFACE LOW IN WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING WILL FINALLY EJECT
NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SLOWLY
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA. THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING CURVE
FROM NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHWEST. 700 MB TEMPS ARE
10 + CELSIUS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ARE SUPPRESSING ANY
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THERE. THE WARM 700 MB TEMPERATURES WILL
SLIDE EAST THIS MORNING ALLOWING THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS
CENTRAL ND. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST COOL MORE STABLE AIR WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL ND SUPPRESSING ANY STRONG CONVECTION.
STILL COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL KEEP
CHANCES LOW AS BEST DYNAMICS AND BEST MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL MOVE
EAST OF THE AREA.
.BIS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING FOR MCLEAN...MERCER...
GOLDEN VALLEY...AND OLIVER COUNTIES
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR STARK...BILLINGS...
AND DUNN COUNTIES.
TSWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
224 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0218 AM (DIK)DICKINSON MUNI ARPT ND 58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/02 STARKNDZ001-009-017-100840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 235 AM CDT (135 AM MDT) MON JUN 10 2002 A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE...USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING POOLED WATER AS IT MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. THOMSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 AM DICKINSON ND FLOOD
06/10/02 STARK STREET FLOODING VERY
HEAVY RAIN REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0320 AM HALLIDAY ND .88 INCH HAIL
06/10/02 DUNN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0325 AM HALLIDAY ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02 DUNN REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.NDZ001-009-017-101035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 335 AM CDT (235 AM MDT) MON JUN 10 2002 WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SO USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING SUCH AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. THOMSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Standing water, several inches deep, in fields and water over numerous roads. Report was 10 mlles south of Manning.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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