May 24, 2010
A surface warm front continued to lift slowly north across southern North Dakota during the day on Monday, May 24th, in advance of a potent upper level trough racing northeast across the Rocky Mountains and towards the Northern Plains. Tornado Watch number 215 was issued by mid afternoon in anticipation of rapid thunderstorm development and intensification once mass divergence associated with the upper wave spread across the region. An elevated threat for tornadoes existed along the warm front
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 237710). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Stutsman County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.