Flash Flood, Pierce
- When
- June 29, 12:45 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County, 5 mi SE of Orrin
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 48.033, -100.083
Water several feet deep in some fields. Water from culverts flowing over county roads.
Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 29, 2005
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 1:25 AM CST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:25 AM CST, 11 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 225 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 .SHORT TERM... MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW FORECAST TO TRACK SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. MCS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT WHICH AREA WILL RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TODAY BUT HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. MADE LITTLE CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST...DID RAISE POPS OVER THE AREA TODAY TO REFLECT THE SLOW MOVING MCS. .LONG TERM... LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LONG TERM. PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND JUST MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WEST AND CENTRAL TODAY. && RGT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:06 AM CST, 9 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 406 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-300905- 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 406 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR EXCESS RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS. RGT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Heat in Louisiana, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 2005
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, June 2005
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: 5452700.