Heavy Rain, Richland
- When
- July 14, 12:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 0.48 mi W of Wahpeton
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -96.610
Approximately 3.25 inches of rain fell between noon and 4 pm CST.
Heavy Rain in North Dakota, July 14, 2009
A strong low pressure system pushed across south central Canada on Tuesday (July 14th), and its trough of low pressure developed strong thunderstorms over the southern Red River Valley and West Central Minnesota. Heavy rains from a large cluster of storms caused some flooding across the southern Red River Valley and parts of West Central Minnesota, including Wadena County.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A strong low pressure system pushed across south central Canada on Tuesday (July 14th), and its trough of low pressure developed strong thunderstorms over the southern Red River Valley and West Central Minnesota. Heavy rains from a large cluster of storms caused some flooding across the southern Red River Valley and parts of West Central Minnesota, including Wadena County.
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 Jul 14, 8:41 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 8:41 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 11:45 AM CST, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1245 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-151115- 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- 1245 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYTIME TODAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. BUT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE DEVILS LAKE TO JAMESTOWN AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESES STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT...WITH A SMALL CHANCE FOR TORNADOES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DTR/DK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:57 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1057 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNZ029-NDZ052-053-141630- WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-SARGENT ND- 1057 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... UNTIL 1130 AM CDT AT 1056 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF NEW EFFINGTON...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STILES AT 1105 AM CDT...HANKINSON AT 1110 AM CDT...SONORA AT 1115 AM CDT...GREAT BEND AT 1120 AM CDT... INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 7 AROUND 1110 AM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 17 AROUND 1120 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4634 9717 4616 9656 4596 9657 4595 9730 TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 214DEG 34KT 4597 9697 G2
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1200 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009
MNZ029>031-040-NDZ053-141745-
WILKIN MN-GRANT MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-RICHLAND ND-
1200 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO
HALF AN INCH AND HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE AND HALF INCH PER HOUR.
THE LEAD STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF FOXHOME...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELIZABETH AT 1215 PM CDT...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERHARD AT 1225 PM
CDT...EDWARDS AT 1230 PM CDT...MAPLEWOOD STATE PARK AT 1235 PM CDT...
INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 55 AROUND 1210 PM CDT...AND MILE
MARKER 49 AROUND 1215 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4649 9673 4663 9617 4643 9572 4586 9603
4588 9625 4603 9626 4603 9659 4596 9659
4595 9723 4633 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 228DEG 34KT 4622 9630
G2The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Richland
- When
- July 14, 12:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Hankinson
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -96.900
Roughly three inches of rain fell in about two hours, causing some drainage problems around the city of Hankinson. Main Street was closed, as the storm sewers could not keep up with the runoff. Several businesses in low spots had minor water damage.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 14, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 14 to 15, 2009
- Hail in Iowa, July 14, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 14 to 15, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 14, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 14, 2009
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 14, 2009
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 14, 2009
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 173146, 182240.