1 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 9:13 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1013 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005 .DISCUSSION...MINOR UPDATE THIS MORNING TO FRESHEN WORDING. FOG NEVER MATERIALIZED SO I HAVE REMOVED MENTION FROM THE FORECAST AND LOWER SKY COVER AS WE ARE GENERALLY CLEAR UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO ERN ND LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO I KEPT AN ISOLATED T-STORM MENTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY FROM LATE AFTERNOON ON. ----------------PREVIOUS DISCUSSION---------------- .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS CONTINUED ACTIVE UPPER FLOW PATTERN...WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING OVER AREA. THIS RIDGING WILL BE SHORT LIVED WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES AFFECTING SENSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BAND OF MVFR CLOUDS IS EXITING FORECAST AREA...AND NO FOG IS BEING REPORTED YET UNDER SFC HIGH...BUT EXPECT AT LEAST SOME PATCHY FOG THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH PLENTY OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS IN PLACE. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT AND NAM HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON CURRENT FIELDS AND MAKES MOST SENSE IN FIRST 24 HOURS...WITH MORE AGGRESSIVE GFS PREFERRED FOR SYSTEM SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FOR TODAY...WARM ADVECTION AND RETURN FLOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST. SHORTWAVE WILL TOP RIDGE AND PUSH INTO WESTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. ML CAPES INCREASE TO AROUND 1000 J/KG BY LATE AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SOME MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH FOR SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION IN WEST/NORTHERN AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE 70S IN ALL AREAS...WITH SOME MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION CLOUDS AROUND BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION OR EVEN AN MCS TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AS SW 850MB JET INCREASES TO AROUND 35KT. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS INCREASE WITH SHOWALTERS TO AROUND -3C...ALONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS RISING OVER 1 INCH. WILL HIT THUNDER CHANCES HARDEST IN THE NORTH CLOSER TO UPPER SUPPORT AND BEST CONVERGENCE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE FAIRLY MILD WITH INCREASING MOISTURE...GENERALLY IN THE LOW/MID 60S. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...EXPECT POTENTIALLY ACTIVE CONVECTIVE PERIOD WITH POTENT SHORTWAVE/FRONT TO SWEEP THROUGH REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING. CAP WILL TRY TO BUILD INTO REGION DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND EXPECT A WARM DAY. CAP SHOULD WEAKEN BY LATE AFTERNOON AS SFC TROUGH APPROACHES. ML CAPES WILL APPROACH 3000 J/KG BY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH 0-6KM DEEP LAYERED SHEAR AROUND 35-40KT. CAP WILL WEAKEN IN FAR WESTERN AREAS FIRST...AND EXPECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HERE BY LATE SAT AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO AROUND 50KT SATURDAY NIGHT...AND EXPECT SEVERE MCS IF MODEL PROGS ARE CORRECT. MCS SHOULD DEVELOP IN CENTRAL/WESTERN DAKOTAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND TRACK EAST THROUGH FORECAST AREA SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WILL INCREASE THUNDER CHANCES TO LIKELY IN ALL AREAS AFTER 06Z SUNDAY...AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN/HAIL AND HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. SPC HAS PLACED ENTIRE AREA IN SLIGHT RISK AND THIS IS WARRANTED. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITABLE WATERS WILL RISE OVER 1.50 INCHES ONCE AGAIN...AND FLOODING ONCE AGAIN A CONCERN WITH SATURATED GROUND AND ONGOING FLOODING ALREADY ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE WITH ESF AND FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM. WITH STRENGTH OF UPPER JET/INSTABILITY AND STRONG FRONT...THIS EVENT FOR LATE SAT AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR SEVERE AND FLOOD THREAT. BY THE FOURTH OF JULY...REGION SHOULD DRY OUT WITH THE REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD STAY DRY. && .AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TODAY...EXCEPT A FEW AREAS OF MVFR VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING IN AREAS OF FOG. MVFR CEILINGS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF CONVECTION MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS FOR RANSOM...SARGENT...AND RICHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 19Z FRIDAY. MN...AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR WILKIN COUNTY UNTIL 19Z FRIDAY. && KELLENBENZ/JCA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 550 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-021035- BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-CLAY MN-EAST BECKER MN- EAST MARSHALL MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-EAST POLK MN- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-GRANT MN-GRIGGS ND- HUBBARD MN-KITTSON MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NELSON ND- NORMAN MN-NORTH BELTRAMI MN-NORTH CLEARWATER MN-PEMBINA ND- PENNINGTON MN-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RED LAKE MN-RICHLAND ND-ROSEAU MN- SARGENT ND-SOUTH BELTRAMI MN-SOUTH CLEARWATER MN-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND- TRAILL ND-WADENA MN-WEST BECKER MN-WEST MARSHALL MN- WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST POLK MN-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-WILKIN MN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEMIDJI...DETROIT LAKES...DEVILS LAKE... FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...ROSEAU... THIEF RIVER FALLS...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON 550 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR RANSOM...SARGENT...RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AFTER 8 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT SHOULD BE ISOLATED. ANY STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE ALREADY FLOODED AREAS AND SATURATED SOILS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 3PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY SATURDAY EVENING AS THEY MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...THEN INTO MINNESOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT...AS MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING FLOODING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT THE FOLLOWING URL. WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS USING LOWER CASE KELLENBENZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pembina River at Neche rose above its moderate flood stage of 19 feet around 2 pm CDT on July 1st. The river crested around 21.2 feet around 7 pm CDT on July 2nd. The Pembina River then fell back below its moderate flood stage around 5 pm CDT on July 5th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2005
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: 5468017.