Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Grand Forks, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1235 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THIS
   THURSDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH
   DAKOTA...

AT 1230 AM CDT...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.  ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE
NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE 45 MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA
NEAR FORBES NORTH DAKOTA.  THE OTHER WAS 30 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN
NEAR MEDINA NORTH DAKOTA.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.  THE STORM WEST
OF JAMESTOWN WILL PASS THROUGH THE JAMESTOWN AREA BY 130 AM CDT.  THE
STORM NEAR FORBES WILL TRACK ALONG THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINES
AND AFFECT ELLENDALE AND OAKES NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 130AM CDT.

OTHERWEISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ..A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN..HAD RE-INTENSIFIED OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS TO NEAR
INTERNATIONAL FALLS.  STRONGEST THUNDERSSTORMS WERE 35 MILES EAST OF
THIEF RIVER FALLS NEAR GONVICK AND OVER THE UPPER RED LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS
AND IF YOU LIVE OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
EWENS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
140 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THIS
   THURSDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH
   DAKOTA...

AT 125 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30
MILES NORTHEAST TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA OR
GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HANNAFORD TO LITCHVILLE TO VERONA NORTH
DAKOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST STEELE...ALONG THE BARNES/CASS COUNTY
LINE...AND IN EASTERN RANSOM COUNTIES BY 225 AM CDT.  PERSONS LIVING
IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  THESE STORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH JAMESTOWN
NORTH DAKOTA.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 130 AM...HOWEVER ALL OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AT ANY TIME.

ALSO AT 125 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAI'N...WERE OVER THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF NORTH
DAKOTA...OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.  MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
 405 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

TIME         EVENT
225 AM CDT   PUBLIC REPORTED 4 MILES WEST OF HUNTER NORTH
             DAKOTA OF 45-50 MPH WINDS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.

225 AM CDT   SHERIFF DEPUTY AT CASSELTON NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
             EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN BUT LITTLE WIND.

245 AM CDT   HALSTAD MINNESOTA CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED
             WINDS ESTIMATED TO 40-50 MPH AND EXTREMELY HEAVY
             RAIN.

255 AM CDT   NORMAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WINDS ESTIMATED
             TO 60 MPH AT ADA MINNESOTA.

255 AM CDT   BECKER COUNTY MINNESOTA SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
             HIGH WINDS..SMALL HAIL AND TREE DAMAGE IN
             IN LAKE MELISSA MINNESOTA AREA.

305AM CDT    NORMAN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE AT ADA MINNESOTA
             REPORTED WINDS CLOCKED TO 82 MPH..LARGE TREE
             LIMBS BROKEN AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN.

250 AM CDT   FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA RADIO STATION REPORTED
             50 MPH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

330 AM CDT   FERTILE MINNESOTA..POLK COUNTY MINNESOTA..REPORTED
             PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.

355 AM CDT   PUBLIC REPORT 9 MILES WEST OF FOSSTON MINNESOTA..POLK
             COUNTY..OF LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
ANDERSEN
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