1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE SHORT TERM IS ONGOING CONVECTION LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN ANOTHER CHANCE ON SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. ALSO...WILL SEE A MODERATE COOLING TREND GOING INTO THE WORK WEEK. CURRENTLY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CURRENTLY ALL STORMS ARE FALLING BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN CASE ANY STORMS DECIDE TO STRENGTHEN. MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS AS OF RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL. STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AS THE MORNING GOES ON. TODAY AND TONIGHT...ANOTHER VORT MAX IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN ND LATER THIS MORNING...SO MODIFIED POP/WX GRIDS ACCORDINGLY FOR THIS FEATURE. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON...SO WILL MENTION IN HWO. EXPECT MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS BY 00Z. NEXT PRECIP CHANCE WILL BE SUNDAY EVENING/NIGHT. MODELS HAVE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN WY/CO. RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE BEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES AS MOST FAVORABLE DYNAMICS ARE TO THE SOUTH. MADE CHANGE TO GRIDS FOR THIS TREND. WILL SEE A PRETTY GOOD COOLING TREND AS MAX TEMPS DECREASE 10 DEGREES OR SO FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RIDGING IN THE MID LEVELS AND LOW LEVEL DEWPOINTS IN THE 45 TO 55 RANGE POINT TOWARD A SUNNY....CONVECTIVELY QUIET AND SEASONABLE PERIOD. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && NH/RSL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 507 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-231006- 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 507 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HEINERT
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:21 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in the city of Linton. Water pooling in the city streets flowed into yards.
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