Tornado Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
...10 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF DICKINSON AND BISMARCK/MANDAN.

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED IN THE WATCH AREA
IN NORTH DAKOTA...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF
WYOMING THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE IN SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THIS
EVENING AND STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
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MEANWHILE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF
25 TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. PERSONS TRAVELING
IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD USE CAUTION. THESE WINDS WILL TAPER
OFF SLOWLY THIS EVENING.

FORS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
540 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
   10 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
TOWNER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.

AT 535 PM CDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WAS LOCATED IN
EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BETWEEN JAMESTOWN AND DEVILS LAKE. THESE
THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING OVER THE PAST HOUR.

IN THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
WILL ENTER BOWMAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA BY 615 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE SO PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

IN THE EAST...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 45 MPH...
HAVE LOWERED VISIBIL_ITIES TO 1000 FEET AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OVER
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION
IN THE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
EVENING.

LEBLANG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
   10 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCRANTON
NORTH DAKOTA...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WAS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS CLUSTER WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 7 PM
CDT. TOWNS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE HETTINGER
AND LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN MONTANA AND WILL ENTER EXTREME
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 730 PM CDT.

THE AIR OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS A REAL POSSIBILITY EARLY
TONIGHT.

PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

IN THE EAST...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 45 MPH...
HAVE LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO 1000 FEET AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OVER
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION
IN THE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
EVENING.

LEBLANG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
735 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
   10 PM CDT...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BILLINGS COUNTY...

AT 730 PM CDT WILLISTON WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BILLINGS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
VERY GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

RICHMOND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
735 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
   10 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM THE MONTANA/NORTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR BEACH...SOUTHEAST TO LEMMON
SOUTH DAKOTA OR 65 MILES SOUTH OF DICKINSON.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DICKINSON NEAR AMIDON AND 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKINSON NEAR REGENT
AND MOTT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE DICKINSON AREA BY 8 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO
50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF TIME. FOR THIS REASON ALL PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

IN THE EAST...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 50 MPH...
HAVE LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO 1000 FEET AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OVER
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. MOTOR
ISTS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION
IN THE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING HOURS.

LEBLANG