Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS FIRE-UP OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 426 PM CDT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD
DEVELOPED QUITE RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES AND IN A
CLUSTER AROUND ITASCA STATE PARK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE BEMIDJI
AREA BY 515 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL..GUSTY WIND AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA AND OVER THE NORTH ONE-THIRD OF MINNESOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
BENNETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
535 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

AT 529 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT THREE
MILES WEST OF ITASCA STATE PARK IN CLEARWATER COUNTY OF NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF BEMIDJI BY 630 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES TO GRAND RAPIDS..BOTH IN MINNESOTA.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE OVER THE NORTH END OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 426 PM.
BENNETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
638 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

AT 629 PM CDT A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAHNOMEN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLEARWATER COUNTY BY 715 PM.

REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS OVER
THIS GENERAL AREA SINCE 530 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM
30 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES TO THE NORTH OF HIBBING IN MINNESOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF MAHNOMEN..NORTH BECKER AND
SOUTH CLEARWATER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
STANDING WATER CAUSED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN..DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
THROUGH STAN)DING WATER IN AREAS UNFAMILIAR TO YOU. ANYONE LIVING
NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BENNETT