Tornado Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
440 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...

AT 435 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTH OF THE RENVILLE COUNTY LINE IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
SASKATCHEWAN...75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MINOT.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST AT 20 MPH AND
MAY ENTER NORTHERN RENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY
BEFORE 6 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF SHWERWOOD AND ANTLER LIE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...WINDS OF 50 MPH...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER
THE CENTRAL PART OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

LEBLANG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
500PM CDT SUN AUG 14 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 450 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
OVER MCKENZIE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA AND OVER
RICHALND COUNTY IN EASTERN MONTANA.
  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER EXTRENE NORTH EAST MCKENZIE COUNTY
5 MILES EAST OF KEENE OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA WERE IN THE SIDNEY
MONTANA AREA AND WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHWEST MCKENZIE AND SOUTHWEST:
WILLIAMS COUNTIES BY 530 PM CDT.
 ALL THE THUNDERSTOMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA GO TO A
SAFE PLACE.
KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE WILLISTON AREA...

AT 530 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THE WILLISTON AREA
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OVER SOUTHWEST MOUNTRAIL COUNTY OF
NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 5 PM CDT
BUT MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST A_T 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE PLACE.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
625 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 1988

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 620 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WILLIAMS...MCKENZIE AND DUNN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
ONE GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST WILLIAMS AND NORTHEAST
MCKENZIE COUNTIES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OF WILLISTON TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON AND WERE MOVING EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTOORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 35
MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AS THEY MOVED OVER THE WILLISTON AREA.
 A SECOND GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTERN DUNN COUNTY OR FROM
15 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA.  THESE
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
625 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 1988

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 620 PM CDT WILLISTON RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WILLIAMS...MCKENZIE AND DUNN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
ONE GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST WILLIAMS AND NORTHEAST
MCKENZIE COUNTIES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OF WILLISTON TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON AND WERE MOVING EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 35
MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AS THEY MOVED OVER THE WILLISTON AREA.
 A SECOND GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTERN DUNN COUNTY OR FROM
15 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF DICKINSON NORTH DAKOTA.  THESE
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

KENNEDY