Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1020 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 1986

TIME      EVENT
830 PM    CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER AT HOPE NORTH DAKOTA..STEELE COUNTY..
          REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN..NO HAIL..WIND ESTIMATED AT 40 MPH.
835 PM    CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER AT VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA..BARNES
          COUNTY..REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH WIND ESTIMATED AT 30 TO
          40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST.
905 PM    CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER AT LITCHVILLE NORTH DAKOTA..BARNES
          COUNTY..REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN..30 TO 40 MPH WIND AND PEA
          TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WHICH LASTED 17 MINUTES.
943 PM    TRAIL COUNTY SHERIFF..10 MILES EAST OF GALESBURG NORTH DAKOTA
          ..TRAILL COUNTY..REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN..NO HAIL AND WINDS
          50 TO 60 MPH.
1000 PM   LITCHVILLE NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED 3.00 INCHES RAIN IN TOWN.
1005 PM   CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER AT LITCHVILLE NORTH DAKOTA..BARNES
          COUNTY REPORTED 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN.
ANDERSEN