Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1040 AM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED DEVELOPING AND
MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
IN A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK NEAR BALDWIN TO MANDAN TO
40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR ALMONT...IN MORTON COUNTY. 3/4 TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA...WHICH MAY
RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND
STREET FLOODING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH KIDDER...NORTHWEST STUTSMAN
AND FOSTER COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK NEAR TUTTLE TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN
NEAR CARRINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERUY HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
VAN ESS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1135 AM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1130 AM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
IN AN AREA FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF JAMESTOWN NEAR MCHENRY IN FOSTER
COUNTY...TO THE CITIES OF BISMARCK/MANDAN TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DICKINSON IN HETTINGER COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BISMARCK NEAR WING...TO MANDAN AND NORTH BISMARCK...TO 25 MILES
WEST OF BISMARCK IN THE NEW SALEM AND ALMONT AREA. VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND CONSIDERABLE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR IN THIS AREA UNTIL 1 PM CDT. THE AREAS NEAR MANDAN AND NORTH
BISMARCK HAVE RECEIVED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
VAN ESS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1240 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1235 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN AN AREA FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF JAMESTOWN TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BISMARCK TO NEAR MANDAN AND THEN TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BISMARCK NEAR MOTT.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NEAR MANDAN TO 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR CARSON. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN DITCHES AND FIELDS WEST OF
MANDAN. 1 TO OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM WEST OF MANDAN TO
JUST NORTH OF BISMARCK.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK.
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE BISMARCK AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM CDT. SOME STREET FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN THE CITY OF BISMARCK AND STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS IN MANDAN.

PERSONS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LEBLAFNG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
145 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 140 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK NEAR ROBINSON TO
BISMARCK TO MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR SHIELDS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN BURLEIGH...EMMONS
...KIDDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 145 AND 3 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL OCCUR WITH THE LINE AS
IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN STUTSMAN COUNTY TO
THE NORTH AND WEST OF JAMESTOWN. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
VAN ESS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
145 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 140 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK NEAR ROBINSON TO
BISMARCK TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR SHIELDS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN BURLEIGH...EMMONS
...KIDDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 145 AND 3 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL OCCUR WITH THE LINE AS
IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN STUTSMAN COUNTY TO
THE NORTH AND WEST OF JAMESTOWN. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
VAN ESS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT MON AUG 1 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 3 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A DEVLOPING AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EMMONS COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
BISMARCK. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LINTON AND
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...WINDS OF 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING THE NAPOLEON AREA BY 4 PM CDT.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS
AS THE THREATENING WEATHERV APPROACHES.

LEBLANG