Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Grand Forks, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
640 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL LL PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..AND
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 630 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN..EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST..
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE 45 MILES NORTH OF JAMESTOWN NEAR MC HENRY..35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GRAND FORKS NEAR PARK RIVER..AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 15 MILES AN
HOUR.  AS A RESULT..LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS MAY RESULT IN
SERIOUS FLOODING.  THE CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CAVALIER NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A TWO HOUR
PERIOD.  EVEN HEAVIER RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF SUTTON AND
WIMBLEDON NORTH DAKOTA..AS WELL AS GRAFTON AND PARK RIVER THROUGH
730 PM CDT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE WITHIN EITHER OF THE WATCH AREAS YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHWR CONDITIONS.. AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO..T.V. AS WELL
AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
EWENS

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
645 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

TIME      EVENT
555 PM    MCHENRY ND COOP OBSERVER RPTD 30 MPH WIND...VRY HVY RAIN AND
          NO HAIL.

620 PM    CAVALIER 7NW ND RPTD 1.4 INCHES RAIN SINCE 4PM AND STILL
          RAINING. 40 MPH WIND. NO HAIL.

640 PM    WALHALLA ND COOP OBSVR RPTD 2.75 INCHES RAIN IN ONE HOUR.
          HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AROUND 6PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..AND
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 630 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
..EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST..
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE 30 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL LA MOURE
COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA BY 815 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY
HEAVY RAIN THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GRAND
FORKS NORTH DAKOTA TO THE SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE WITHIN EITHER OF THE WATCH AREAS YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHWR CONDITIONS.. AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO..T.V.X AS WELL
AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BENNETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..AND
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 727 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
..EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST..
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE 30 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL LA MOURE
COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA BY 815 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY
HEAVY RAIN THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GRAND
FORKS NORTH DAKOTA TO THE SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE WITHIN EITHER OF THE WATCH AREAS YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHWR CONDITIONS.. ANDY STAY TUNED TO RADIO..T.V. AS WELL
AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BENNETT

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
825 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

TIME      EVENT
720 PM    VRY HVY RAIN AND 40 MPH WIND AT WIMBLEDON ND.

815 PM    RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS..{GRAFTON ND 1.4...
          MINTO ND .50...COOPERSTOWN ND 1.6(FELL BETWEEN 715-800PM)...
          LAKOTA ND 1.3...DEVILS LAKE ND 3.25.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
835 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..AND
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 825 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 55 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA..IN THE COLGATE/HOPE AREA OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO THE HUNTER/ARTHUR AREA OF NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY OF NORTH
DAKOTA BY 915 PM. THIS STORM HAD ONLY PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..EXTENDED
FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA LINE SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA NORTHEAST
THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE WITHIN EITHER OF THE WATCH AREAS YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.. AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO..T.V. AS WELL
AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BENNETT