1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 17, 1:36 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 236 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. CURRENT RADAR PICS SHOW CONVECTION IN UPPER TROUGH FROM WELLS COUNTY THROUGH BISMARCK TO WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN SURFACE WARM SECTOR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH. CAPE AND SHEAR SUGGEST LARGE HAIL. UPPER WAVE SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE CWA BY 02Z. LATER TONIGHT A DEEP UPPER LOW CENTERED IN SASKATCHEWAN WILL MOVE EAST RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH A SHORT WAVE FOR WESTERN ND. THE SOUTHWEST FLOW AND SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT CAUSING PRECIP TO END. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST. MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK...WHICH WOULD PUT THE FORECAST AREA IN A FAVORABLE EVENING/NIGHTLY THUNDERSTORM PATTERN. HOWEVER...FAILURE OF MODEL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY AND DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN EXTENDED MODELS WARRANTS NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UNTIL 10 PM CDT. && LM/NH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 501 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-181001- ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOTTINEAU-BOWMAN-BURKE-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-DIVIDE-DUNN- EMMONS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN- MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER- PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-STUTSMAN-WARD- WELLS-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...JAMESTOWN... DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK...MANDAN... WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON... HETTINGER...HARVEY...ELLENDALE...CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT... BEACH AND ASHLEY 501 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME OF THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A COUPLE OF STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS FOR A TIME THIS MORNING. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VINING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
231 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL STEELE 46.86N 99.92W
08/17/2005 1.00 INCH KIDDER ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SWICHEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
408 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 5 S GACKLE 46.55N 99.14W
08/17/2005 0.75 INCH LOGAN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SWICHEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
451 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL JAMESTOWN 46.91N 98.70W
08/17/2005 1.00 INCH STUTSMAN ND EMERGENCY MNGR
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SWICHEThe Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding from Jud to Alfred and Nortonville areas. Small creeks overflowed destroying several county and township roads. Bone Hill creek and Cottonwood creek were out of their banks. One culvert was washed out and ended up 1/4 mile downstream. Seven to eight inches of rain reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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