Tornado Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. AT
850 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WELLS COUNTY IN CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA..LAGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA..
AND IN WESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN.

A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL BE
MOVING INTO NORTH DAKOTA BEFORE 10 PM CDT OR 9 PM MDT.

CONDITIONS <ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
PERSONS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND
BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
KAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
900 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT..REPLACING THE TORNADO WATCH...

AT 900 PM CDT AN AREA OF OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG
THE NORTH DAKOTA-MONTANA BORDER FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WILLISTON TO JUST SOUTH OF SIDNEY MONTANA.  REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN THE
SIDNEY AREA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WILLISTON AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR.

GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN
BEB EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
NIELSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1050 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST IN WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA. AT 1045 PM CDT THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF WILLISTON
NEAR ESTEVAN SASKATCHEWAN SOUTH TO DICKINSON THEN SOUTHWEST TO THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40
TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXCEED 50
MILES AND HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SOME HAIL. REPORTS OF CONTINEOUS LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM HAM
RADIO OPERATERS IN THE DICKINSON AREA. REMEMBER..LIGHTNING CAN BE
DEADLY.

PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG
WINDS..RAIN..AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES..BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER.
KAS

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1030 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1986

TIME    EVENT
820 PM  MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN AND
        AROUND BEACH NORTH DAKOTA IN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY.  ALSO
        VERY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

NIELSEN

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1145 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986

TIME    EVENT
700PM-  DELAYED REPORT FROM DES COORDINATOR IN BURKE COUNTY..3/4
715PM   TO 11/2 INCH HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF LIGNITE NORTH DAKOTA IN
        CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY.
NIELSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 AM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. AT 1150 PM CDT THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF MINOT..
SOUTH TO LAKE SAKAKAWEA..THEN SOUTH TO NEAR HEBORN IN WESTERN MORTON
COUNTY..ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND
COULD CUASE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TWO OTHER INTENSE CELLS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR. THE FIRST WAS
IN CENTRAL BOTTINEAU COUNTY..NORTH OF MINOT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY AND COULD BE CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE OTHER
STORM CELL WAS SOUTH OF DICKINSON ON THE ADAMS-HETTINGER COUNTY LINE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND COULD
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.
KAS