Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 25, 2003

Name: Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 25, 2003
Start: 2003-06-25T05:00
End: 2003-06-25T07:00
Location: Minnesota

June 25, 2003 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Wind
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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
325 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIPITATION. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY
MCS MAINLY INTO E MN...WITH IFR-VFR OVER AREA. IFR EXTENDS FROM S
RED RIVER VALLEY INTO MN SIDE OF AREA...WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL OCCURRED. LATEST MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS SURFACE LOW
CENTERED BETWEEN ATY AND ETH...WITH INVERTED TROF EXTENDING NE
BETWEEN DTL AND PKD TO BETWEEN ROX AND BDE. WHEN COMPARING
INITIALIZATION CONDITIONS TO MODELS...PREFERRED AVN PRECIPITATION
DEPICTION AND ETA TEMPERATURES...SO USED COMPROMISE SOLUTION FOR
FORECAST. SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TRACKING NE TODAY INTO S
ONT...TAKING INITIAL AREA OF PRECIPITATION WITH IT. WITH SECONDARY
AREA OF PRECIPITATION NOW STARTING TO MOVE INTO SE ND. CONSIDERING
THAT PARTS OF AREA STILL HAVE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT THIS
MORNING...AND SOME ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY...WILL
KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT AS PRIORLY ISSUED.

500MB TROF MOVES THROUGH AREA ON THU. IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYTIME
HEATING...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON AND
THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND
SURFACE TROF MOVE INTO AREA FOR FRI AFTERNOON INTO SAT...SO CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOKS GOOD. AS FAR AS EXTENDED FORECAST...
STILL HAVE GOOD CONTINUITY...SO NO CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

.FGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR S 1/2 OF CWFA FOR TODAY.

NG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:30 AM CST, 23 hours 30 minutes before

HMNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-241430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
630 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP AFTER 2PM OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. THE
FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LISBON
NORTH DAKOTA TO WADENA MINNESOTA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINS SOILS ARE
SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING
PROBLEMS. AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE)

VOELKER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:00 PM CST, 6 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
1150 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003...CORRECTED

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

1132 PM    1 N GRANDIN             ND       WIND DAMAGE
06/24/03   TRAILL                           PAIR OF SEMIS BLOWN
                                            OVER.

1133 PM    HENDRUM                 MN       .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/03   NORMAN

WJB

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:03 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

MNC005-027-029-051-057-087-111-159-167-NDC017-073-077-081-250630-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
103 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 585 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA:
WILKIN...CLAY...BECKER...MAHNOMEN...CLEARWATER...HUBBARD...OTTER
TAIL...WADENA AND GRANT AND IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA:
RICHLAND...SARGENT...RANSOM AND CASS.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION
THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 585 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS UP TO ONE INCH STILL POSSIBLE.

DONAVON

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:58 UTC.

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Event by event

3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Wilkin

When: June 25, 5:00 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
Where: Wilkin County, Breckenridge
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 46.357, -96.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water flowed over Highway 75 near the overpass.

Flash Flood, Grant

When: June 25, 5:00 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
Where: Grant County, 5 mi S of Hoffman
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.934, -96.012 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water flowed over several rural roads.

Flash Flood, Wilkin

When: June 25, 5:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: Wilkin County, Kent
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 46.357, -96.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water filled the underpass on Highway 75 near Kent.

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 Minnesota in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, June 2003

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: 5366898, 5366899, 5366900.