Several rounds of heavy rainfall across north central Minnesota during the month of June resulted in flooding problems around Waskish, in east central Beltrami County. The Tamarac River rose over its banks and surrounded several houses as well as washed out a few roads.
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The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
Several rounds of heavy rainfall across north central Minnesota during the month of June resulted in flooding problems around Waskish, in east central Beltrami County. The Tamarac River rose over its banks and surrounded several houses as well as washed out a few roads. Quite a bit of cropland was also flooded.
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 19, 8:31 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 931 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 930 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 THE MAIN CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE CONVECTION AND IF ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. A SFC LOW WILL SLOWLY LIFT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE VALLEY TODAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A STRONG SHORTWAVE WITH AMPLE DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE WITH PWATS FROM 1.50 TO 1.75 ALONG AND EAST OF THE VALLEY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A NARROW AREA ALONG THE OCCLUSION FROM NEAR GFK THROUGH CKN INTO THE SOUTHEAST WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME SFC INSTABILITY AND CAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON...IF WE CAN GET SOME SUNSHINE. THERE COULD ALSO BE THE THREAT OF A TORNADO NEAR THE BEST LOW LEVEL SHEAR AREA JUST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...AGAIN NEAR ANY SUNNY BREAKS. THE BEST DEEP LAYERED SHEAR AROUND 40-45KT IS BEHIND THE BEST INSTABILITY...BUT THERE COULD BE AN AREA WHERE THERE IS SOME OVERLAP OF SHEAR/INSTABILITY AND A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE ALSO FAIRLY WEAK...SO THAT WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE STRENGTH OF UPDRAFTS. WILL ADD SOME HEAVY RAIN MENTION MAINLY IN THE NORTH AND EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...GIVEN THE VERY HIGH PWATS AND GOOD FORCING WITH THE WAVE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 414 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE FLASH FLOOD THREAT AND SEVERE THREAT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A COUPLE WAVES UPSTREAM THAT WILL BE HEADED THIS WAY. THE CURRENT ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG 850MB JET (WARM AIR ADVECTION) SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THE NEXT UPPER WAVE IS CURRENTLY (09Z) ABOUT TO ENTER SOUTH DAKOTA. ANTICIPATE THAT THIS SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE WILL PROPAGATE NORTHWARD ALONG THE VALLEY. THE NEXT UPPER WAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND PUSH THE SFC TROUGH THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THE GENERAL IDEA IS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITHIN THE VALLEY THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON (ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST WAVE). NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT IMPULSE MOVES INTO CANADA...BUT THERE SHOULD BE ACTIVITY EAST OF THE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING (ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND WAVE). THE MAIN CONCERN WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY (WHERE 1-3 INCHES FELL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS). MUCAPE ACROSS THIS AREA IS 1000-2000 J/KG...WITH PWATS 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES. THE MAIN AREA OF FORCING APPEARS TO BE HEADED RIGHT INTO THIS AREA...AND A QUICK 2-3 INCHES WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS. INCLUDED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST...AND IF THE CURRENT STORMS START TO SLOW DOWN...WILL NEED TO CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY BE THIS MORNING WITH THE COMPLEX HEADED NORTH ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. WIND IS LIKELY THE MAIN THREAT WITH A 500MB JET STREAK OF NEAR 50 KNOTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLEX. THIS COMPLEX SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN VALLEY (MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS)...JUST NOT SURE HOW FAR NORTH IT WILL REMAIN STRONG. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...SEVERE POTENTIAL DEPENDS ON ACTUAL INSTABILITY...WHICH MODELS INDICATE WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH...WE SHALL SEE. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. FRIDAY WILL BE MUCH QUIETER. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 414 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 FRIDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY NIGHT...UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH. THERE IS NOT ANY STRONG FORCING MECHANISMS...BUT WITH TEMPS ALOFT COOLER AND DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD BE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY...WITH ONGOING CONVECTION DID NOT SPEND MUCH TIME LOOKING AT DAYS 4 AND BEYOND. SOME MINOR SHORTWAVES ROLLING THROUGH COULD BRING SOME SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIP THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...MODELS DIVERGE WITH THE ECMWF BRINGING ANOTHER UPPER LOW THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY WHILE THE GFS IS MUCH WEAKER AND DRIER. FOR THIS REASON AND WITH TIME CONSTRAINTS KEPT THE LOW POPS THAT THE BLENDED MODEL GIVES US. TEMPS SHOULD BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO SEASONAL VALUES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 655 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SHOWERS (MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE VALLEY)...ALONG WITH SOME MVFR CIGS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && UPDATE...DK SHORT TERM...TG LONG TERM...TG/JR AVIATION...TG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 534 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-201300- 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-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 534 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS RELATIVELY LOW...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
656 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 S COOPERSTOWN 47.36N 98.12W
06/18/2014 M1.12 INCH GRIGGS ND PUBLIC
&&
HOPKINSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
657 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SE BRECKENRIDGE 46.23N 96.54W
06/18/2014 M1.69 INCH WILKIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
HOPKINSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
725 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0724 AM HEAVY RAIN ROTHSAY 46.47N 96.29W
06/19/2014 M1.74 INCH WILKIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
HOPKINSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
817 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSE BRECKENRIDGE 46.24N 96.57W
06/19/2014 WILKIN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING OCCURRED IN BRECKENRIDGE
PROPER. DITCHES...FIELDS AND FARM ACCESS ROADS WERE
BRIEFLY FLOODED JUST SOUTH OF TOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 9.
&&
GGUSTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
951 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM HAIL 2 NE FORT RANSOM 46.55N 97.90W
06/18/2014 E1.25 INCH RANSOM ND TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH NUMEROUS NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED
HAIL STONES. HAIL FELL OFF AND ON FOR A FEW MINUTES.
1115 PM HAIL 2 W ENDERLIN 46.62N 97.64W
06/18/2014 E1.00 INCH RANSOM ND TRAINED SPOTTER
LOTS OF SMALL BRANCHES AND LEAVES KNOCKED DOWN BY THE
HAIL.
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 N MOORHEAD 46.91N 96.76W
06/18/2014 M1.13 INCH CLAY MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL.
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 S COOPERSTOWN 47.36N 98.12W
06/18/2014 M1.12 INCH GRIGGS ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SE BRECKENRIDGE 46.23N 96.54W
06/18/2014 M1.69 INCH WILKIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL.
1130 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 S MOORETON 46.21N 96.88W
06/18/2014 E2.40 INCH RICHLAND ND PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
0220 AM FLASH FLOOD WAHPETON 46.27N 96.61W
06/19/2014 RICHLAND ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
AND A LOT OF STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING. STORM TOTAL.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSE BRECKENRIDGE 46.24N 96.57W
06/19/2014 WILKIN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING OCCURRED IN BRECKENRIDGE
PROPER. DITCHES...FIELDS AND FARM ACCESS ROADS WERE
BRIEFLY FLOODED JUST SOUTH OF TOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 9.
0724 AM HEAVY RAIN ROTHSAY 46.47N 96.29W
06/19/2014 M1.74 INCH WILKIN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL.
&&
GGUSTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1108 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN HONEYFORD 48.03N 97.47W
06/19/2014 E0.50 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN VALLEY CITY 46.92N 98.01W
06/19/2014 E0.80 INCH BARNES ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 E EAST GRAND FORKS 47.93N 96.89W
06/19/2014 E0.60 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN VERGAS 46.66N 95.80W
06/19/2014 E1.35 INCH OTTER TAIL MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN WALES 48.89N 98.60W
06/19/2014 E0.15 INCH CAVALIER ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTHWOOD 47.74N 97.57W
06/19/2014 E0.70 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN BISBEE 48.63N 99.38W
06/19/2014 E0.20 INCH TOWNER ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN HOOPLE 48.54N 97.64W
06/19/2014 E0.19 INCH WALSH ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN HOLMES 47.72N 97.30W
06/19/2014 E0.60 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN PAGE 47.16N 97.57W
06/19/2014 E0.70 INCH CASS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN EAST GRAND FORKS 47.93N 97.02W
06/19/2014 E0.90 INCH POLK MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 S GRAND FORKS 47.80N 97.07W
06/19/2014 E1.00 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN MOORHEAD 46.86N 96.76W
06/19/2014 E1.75 INCH CLAY MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN BLUFFTON 46.47N 95.23W
06/19/2014 E0.25 INCH OTTER TAIL MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN ABERCROMBIE 46.45N 96.73W
06/19/2014 E1.87 INCH RICHLAND ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N OTTERTAIL 46.47N 95.56W
06/19/2014 E0.51 INCH OTTER TAIL MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 SW HERMAN 45.77N 96.20W
06/19/2014 E0.86 INCH GRANT MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 E MEKINOCK 48.01N 97.30W
06/19/2014 E0.56 INCH GRAND FORKS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN ROTHSAY 46.47N 96.29W
06/19/2014 E1.46 INCH WILKIN MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN GREAT BEND 46.15N 96.80W
06/19/2014 E2.50 INCH RICHLAND ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN NEW ROCKFORD 47.68N 99.14W
06/19/2014 E0.60 INCH EDDY ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN DEVILS LAKE 48.11N 98.87W
06/19/2014 E0.50 INCH RAMSEY ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 W STEPHEN 48.45N 97.05W
06/19/2014 E0.16 INCH MARSHALL MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN HICKSON 46.67N 96.81W
06/19/2014 E1.20 INCH CASS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E HANNAFORD 47.31N 98.17W
06/19/2014 E1.70 INCH GRIGGS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW HANNAFORD 47.28N 98.23W
06/19/2014 E2.10 INCH GRIGGS ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN REYNOLDS 47.67N 97.11W
06/19/2014 E1.00 INCH TRAILL ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN FORDVILLE 48.22N 97.79W
06/19/2014 E0.30 INCH WALSH ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 NW PARK RAPIDS 47.02N 95.21W
06/19/2014 E0.30 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN CHRISTINE 46.58N 96.81W
06/19/2014 E1.20 INCH RICHLAND ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN FINLEY 47.51N 97.84W
06/19/2014 E1.25 INCH STEELE ND PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL.
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ROGERSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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