Flash Flood, Sioux
- When
- June 7, 7:28 PM CST to June 8, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sioux County, Selfridge
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.033, -100.933
Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7 to 8, 2005
Flash flooding was occurring along Highway 6 from the junction of Highway 24 southward to the South Dakota border. Sioux County Sheriff advised no travel.
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
- $50,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
Flash flooding was occurring along Highway 6 from the junction of Highway 24 southward to the South Dakota border. Sioux County Sheriff advised no travel. Roadway under water in many places.
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 7, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 240 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 .SHORT TERM... MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CAUSE EASTERLY WINDS AND AMPLE MOISTURE TONIGHT. A SHORT WAVE OVER COLORADO WILL ROTATE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND THEN DEVELOP INTO A SMALL INTENSE CLOSED LOW. COOLING ALOFT AND A CONTINUING SUPPLY OF MOISTURE IN LOWER LAYERS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL END WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA AND UPPER RIDGING STARTS IN THE SOUTHWEST. BUT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SOUTHWEST FLOW AND SHORT WAVES RESUME. .LONG TERM... LONG RANGE MODELS SIMILAR WITH UNSTABLE WEATHER THROUGH THE LONG TERM. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AND TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE REGION. MADE LITTLE CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... && LM/RGT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:13 AM CST, 16 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080912- 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 413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SPREADING INTO THE NORTH WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Hail in Minnesota, June 7, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 7, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 7, 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: 5451764.