Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...

DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PLAGUE NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM THE
EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH DEVILS
LAKE...TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL
AS PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.

ANOTHER PROBLEM FROM THESE STORMS MAY BE FLOODING OR PONDING OF LOW
LYING AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS FROM JUST SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...SOUTH TO
THE CARRINGTON AREA HAVE HAD SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...DO NOT
CROSS FLOODED ROADS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY OVER THE EAST HALF
OF THE STATE THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...

DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PLAGUE PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAAKOTA THIS TUESDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED IN THE
NORTHEAST AROUND THE DEVILS LAKE AREA AND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF
DEVILS LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE VERY INTENSE AND WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM DEVILS LAKE...SOUTH..TO
THE JAMESTOWN AREA THEN CURVED SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS IN SOUTHCENTRAL MCINTOSH
COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF ASHLEY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND OR DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

ANOTHER PROBLEM FROM THESE STORMS MAY BE FLOODING OR PONDING OF LOW
LYING AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS FROM JUST SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...SOUTH TO
THE CARRINGTON AREA HAVE HAD SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN AND OVER ONE INCH OF
RAIN. REMEMBER...DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT. THE WEST HALF OF THE STATE ALSO HAS A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NOT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WHILE THE WATCH MAY EXPIRE AT
10 PM...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS.

AT 915 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST
OF JAMESTOWN UP INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. MANY OF THESE
STORMS WERE VERY INTENSE...WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SHOULD KEEP ALERcT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

NOT TO LEAVE THE NORTHWEST ENTIRELY OUT OF THE PICTURE...THUNDERSTORMS
IN EASTERN MONTANA WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS COULD CLIP
THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA EXPIRED AT
10 PM CDT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF THE STATE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PERSONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST SHOULD
CONTINUE TO KEEP ALERT FOR RAPID WEATHER CHANGES IN AND NEAR THUNDER
STORMS.

LATER TONIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST.
AT 10 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MONTANA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST.
THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1030 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

TIME    EVENT...LOCATION...REMARKS

525 PM  HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF CARRINGTON (FOSTER COUNTY).
615 PM  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 INCH HAIL AT SHEYENNE (EDDY COUNTY).
730 PM  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF WISHEK (LOGAN COUNTY).
730 PM  68 MPH PEAK WIND AT DEVILS LAKE REMOTE OB SITE (RAMSEY COUNTY).
755 PM  DELAYED REPORT FROM DEVILS LAKE AREA. 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
        DEVILS LAKE SMALL BOATS BLOWN AROUND...SOME SUNK...SOME BLOWN
        ON SHORE. SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN. 2 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE
        ...FEW POWER LINES DOWN. IN DEVILS LAKE...FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN.
        HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR STREET FLOODING...MOSTLY UNDERPASSES
       (RAMSEY COUNTY).
900 PM ESTIMATED 69 MPH PEAK WIND AT JAMESTOWN AIRPORT (STUTSMAN CTY).

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1050 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
AND NORTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. A
DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL MOVE EAST FROM MONTANA. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE TWO INGREDIENTS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
MONTANA EARLIER THIS EVENING. AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST INTO NORTH
DAKOTA...WHERE MORE MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE...THE CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES. CONSEQUENTLY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM CDT UNTIL 5 AM CDT LATE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE CITIES OF
WILLISTON AND MINOT.
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