Flooding in North Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2006

Name: Flooding in North Dakota, July 1 to 31, 2006
Start: 2006-07-01T00:00
End: 2006-07-31T23:59
Location: North Dakota

July 1 to 31, 2006 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

10 feet MSL. 35 feet MSL.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 FGF wrote it up.

Devils Lake continued to decline during July, starting at a level of 1448.65 feet MSL and ending at a level of 1448.10 feet MSL. Meanwhile, Stump Lake continued its climb, starting at a level of 1442.85 feet MSL and ending at a level of 1443.35 feet MSL. Although Ramsey and Nelson counties were also included in a D2 drought designation later in the month, flooding continued in the immediate area right around Devils Lake and Stump Lake.

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 7:59 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:59 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
859 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

.UPDATE...CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO START FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
SEVERE STORMS HAVE ONLY KICKED UP NORTH OF A DEVILS LAKE TO THIEF
RIVER LINE. BUT THE SHORTWAVE THAT HAS FIRED LONG LASTING SEVERE
STORMS ACROSS THE REST OF ND IS STILL APPROACHING. EXPECT THIS
SHORTWAVE TO MAINTAIN SOME STORMS WHILE CATCHING UP TO THE COLD
FRONT. COLLAPSE OF THE 700 MB THERMAL RIDGE MAY ALSO PROMOTE
CONTINUANCE OF STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SO WILL KEEP THE ZONES/
GRIDS PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED WITHOUT AN UPDATE ATTM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 133 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006)

SHORT TERM...MAIN CHALLENGE TO BE CONVECTIVE/SEVERE POTENTIAL
THIS EVENING/NIGHT. 12Z MODELS IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND
WILL USE BLEND. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO EARLIER THINKING (SEE PREV AFD
AND SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK) OF T BEGINNING DVL BASIN MID-LATE AFTERNOON
PROPAGATING E/SE THROUGH THE EVENING/NIGHT. MESO-ANALYSIS DOES
SHOW INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER WITH
THESE STORMS. MLCAPES ACROSS THE REGION NOW 1000-3500 J/KG. 850-700MB
TEMPS STILL QUITE HIGH PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT CAP...BUT THESE
VALUES ARE LOWING ACROSS W ND AND MLCIN DECREASING. SFC TROUGH NOW
LOCATED ACROSS E ND WITH MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWING MODERATE SFC
MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE ACROSS NE ND. 500MB SHORTWAVE ACROSS W
ND WILL BEGIN TO PROVIDE DECENT DEEP LAYERED LIFT BY EVENING. DEEP
LAYERED SHEAR OF 40+KTS TO SPREAD INTO E ND BY 00Z AND FURTHER E
DURING THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...40-50KTS MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX
WILL BE ACROSS FA. CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS WILL INSERT A SEVERE
MENTION FOR LATE AFTERNOON (DVL BASIN) AND THIS EVENING. HIGH
FREEZING LEVELS MAY LIMIT SEVERE HAIL...BUT WITH POSSIBLE
SUPERCELLS CANNOT RULE OUT. WITH MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX STRONG WIND A
POSSIBILITY. ALSO...SPC MESO-ANALYSIS DOES SHOW VGP VALUES
INCREASING TO 0.2-0.3 M/S2 AND LCL HEIGHTS DECREASING ACROSS W
FA. A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WITH A STRONGER SUPERCELL.
RETURNS FROM KMBX RADAR PROPAGATING E AND WILL BE ENTERING MORE
UNSTABLE AIR BEFORE IT ENTERS DVL BASIN...WILL NEED TO MONITOR.
MODELS SHOWING 700MB LOW TO CLOSE OFF BY THE TIME IT REACHES
BDE...WIDESPREAD PRECIP TOTALS UP TO AN INCH WITH ISOLD HIGHER
AMTS SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS NW MN.

NW FLOW CONTINUES SAT-MON AS UPPER LOW SLIDES JUST S OF HUDSON
BAY. THIS WILL MEAN TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. NOT MUCH MOISTURE
AVAILABLE...BUT THUNDER THREAT STILL POSSIBLE SUN-SUN NIGHT. DID
DECREASE POPS A BIT ACROSS THE N FA WITH BEST INSTABILITY SHIFTED
S A BIT.

LONG TERM...FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND CONTINUITY BETWEEN LONG
RANGE MODELS. MAIN FEATURE THROUGH PERIOD WILL BE RISING HEIGHTS
AS RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO FA. ANY SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING
CREST OF RIDGE LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF FA SO WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY
FORECAST. THERMAL RIDGE BUILDS SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE
AVERAGE.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

GV

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 6:26 AM CST, 17 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
726 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-011230-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
726 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY OVER
THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TODAY OVER ALL OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE
STORMS WILL DEVELOP ROUGHLY AFTER 2 PM OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

MOIST UNSTABLE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND SHIFT
LINE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SWEEP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
NEAR THE WIND SHIFT LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A
LINE ROUGHLY FROM NEAR FORT RANSOM NORTH DAKOTA TO MAHNOMEN TO
BEMIDJI MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY. THE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA WHILE MOIST
UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE NORTH OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

HOPPES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:54 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
954 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     HAIL             4 SW WHITMAN            48.12N 98.18W
06/30/2006  E1.75 INCH       NELSON             ND   PUBLIC

&&

KRAMLICH

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:02 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0952 PM     HAIL             1 NE INKSTER            48.16N 97.63W
06/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       GRAND FORKS        ND   PUBLIC

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:41 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     HAIL             GRAND FORKS             47.92N 97.07W
06/30/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAND FORKS        ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1045 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     HAIL             GRAND FORKS             47.92N 97.07W
06/30/2006  M1.00 INCH       GRAND FORKS        ND   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            MEASURED AT NWS OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS.

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N CHRISTINE           46.59N 96.81W
06/30/2006  M68 MPH          RICHLAND           ND   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

WBARRETT

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:57 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1157 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     TSTM WND GST     WAHPETON                46.27N 96.61W
06/30/2006  M68.00 MPH       RICHLAND           ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAHPETON                46.27N 96.61W
06/30/2006                   RICHLAND           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCH DIA TREE BRANCH DAMAGE IN NORTH WAHPETON

&&

WBARRETT

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Ramsey

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ramsey County, Countywide
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 48.269, -98.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Benson

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Benson County, Countywide
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 48.069, -99.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Nelson

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nelson County, Countywide
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 47.922, -98.192 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, July 2006

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5526454, 5526455, 5526456.