5 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .SHORT TERM...FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING AND THEN DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM THROUGH SUNDAY AND FLOODING CONCERNS WILL POSE ANOTHER CHALLENGE. 12Z GFS/NAM BOTH INITIALIZED GOOD...BUT DIFFER BEYOND TONIGHT. MAIN DIFFERENCES ARISE IN HANDLING OF SOUTHERN SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY ACROSS THE SW. GFS IS MUCH STRONGER THAN THE NAM. CONSIDERING THE STRENGTH OF THE FEATURE PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...PREFER THE STRONGER SOLUTION. GFS PROBABLY A BIT TOO STRONG WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...BUT ECMWF HAS BEEN ON TO THIS SOLUTION THE PAST FEW DAYS WHICH USUALLY VERIFIES BEST 3 DAYS OUT. 12Z CANADIAN AGREES WITH THE GFS...BUT IS A BIT WEAKER WHICH WOULD BE PREFERRED. THUS WILL UTILIZE THE GFS...BUT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS UTILIZING THE CANADIAN FOR PLACEMENT OF FEATURES. (BIG DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 500MB LOW A BIT EAST OF WHAT GFS HAS DEPICTED) TONIGHT...THETA-E RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY PROPAGATE EAST ALONG WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT/700MB FRONTOGENESIS. THIS FORCING WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WELL. EXPECT THE CURRENT SHOWERS ALONG AND EAST OF THE VALLEY TO CONTINUE...BUT GRADUALLY WEAKEN. WEST OF THE VALLEY...STORMS BEGINNING TO INITIATE ACROSS SE NORTH DAKOTA. CLOUD TRENDS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE BEEN DECREASING ALLOWING AMPLE HEATING. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE (1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER...DEW POINTS LOW 60F) MLCAPES CURRENTLY 1000-1500 J/KG. OUTFLOW FROM EASTERN SHOWERS AND WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE PRESENT. DEEP LAYERED SHEAR 30-40KTS WILL BE PRESENT. WITH THESE PARAMETERS SEVERE POTENTIAL EXISTS THROUGH THE EVENING WEST OF THE VALLEY. SATURDAY-SUNDAY...500MB WAVE APPROACHES REGION WITH SEVERE THREAT INCREASING BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...STRONG FORCING FROM WAVE...PLENTY OF MOISTURE...ML CAPES 1500-2000 J/KG...AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 40KTS WILL ALL PROVIDE POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE VALLEY. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AS WAVE LIFTS NORTH REGION WILL BE IN DEFORMATION ZONE AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. CURRENT TRENDS ARE FOR A DRY MONDAY. QPF CONCERNS...HEAVY QPF OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS HAS BEEN ISOLATED. STORMS THIS EVENING EXPECTED OVER AN AREA WHERE AROUND 0.5 INCHES HAS FELL. IT APPEARS THROUGH TONIGHT ANY CONVECTIVE QPF WILL FALL OVER AN AREA WHERE HEAVY QPF HAS NOT YET OCCURRED. THROUGH SUNDAY EXPECT WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCHES (WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS DUE TO CONVECTION). RIVER FORECAST CENTER RAN THESE TOTALS WITH ONLY A COUPLE SITES INTO MINOR FLOODING. IN ADDITION...HEAVY QPF WILL OCCUR OVER A LONGER DURATION. WITH ALL THIS...WILL RE-ISSUE ESF HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK MENTIONING THE CONCERNS WITH THIS EVENT. LONG TERM...TUE THROUGH FRI...GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MUCH OF EXTENDED FORECAST...WITH 500MB RIDGE LINGERING OVER THE AREA AS ANOTHER SURFACE LOW MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE N PLAINS FOR TUE AND WED. SO...KEPT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST. THEN...500MB RIDGE SHIFTS SLIGHTLY E FOR WED INTO FRI...PUTTING MUCH OF THE REGION UNDER SW FLOW. WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION...WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...EXPECT TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION...VARIETY OF CLOUD LAYERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUS...VFR CLOUD DECKS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO MVFR IN VICINITY OF STORMS...AND ALSO COULD HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN RAIN AND FOG. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...ESF ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #386 THROUGH 1000PM. MN...ESF ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. && GRAFENAUER/NG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 400 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-041200- 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 400 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS DOWN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT THE FOLLOWING URL. WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS USING LOWER CASE NG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 321 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038>039-049-052>054-040300- BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND- GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-PEMBINA ND-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- SARGENT ND-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND-TRAILL ND-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES BENSON CAVALIER EDDY GRAND FORKS NELSON PEMBINA RAMSEY TOWNER WALSH IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES BARNES CASS GRIGGS RANSOM RICHLAND SARGENT STEELE TRAILL INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DEVILS LAKE...FARGO...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 327 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038>039-049-052>054-040300- BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND- GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-PEMBINA ND-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND- SARGENT ND-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND-TRAILL ND-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND- ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES BENSON CAVALIER EDDY GRAND FORKS NELSON PEMBINA RAMSEY TOWNER WALSH IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES BARNES CASS GRIGGS RANSOM RICHLAND SARGENT STEELE TRAILL INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DEVILS LAKE...FARGO...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON.
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours on top of already saturated ground. One bridge was washed out.
Water flowed over highway 32 about 7 miles south of Finley.
4 to 7 inches of rain fell in a four hour period. Three houses were flooded due to excessive runoff from the heavy rain. One house had main floor flooding while the other two had flooding in their garage and shop areas. Lake Ashtabula rose around 6 inches in four hours. Gravel roads accessing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds southwest of Sibley were washed out.
4 to 7 inches of rain fell in a four hour period. Water flowed across two county roads and cut them down to the culverts.
Excessive runoff from heavy rains washed out a bridge.
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, June 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: 5461050, 5461131, 5461051, 5461052, 5461130.