Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
440 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

  AT 430 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR IN WILLISTOM NORTH DAKOTA
INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY OF NORTH-
WEST NORTH DAKOTA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOWELLS OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON.

  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 415 PM CDT AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW STRONGER AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKLY TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY AN APPROACHING
STORM GO TO A SAFE SHELTER.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
520 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...

AT 5 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTSORMS HAD DEVELOPED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOWBELLS OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

WEATHER SATELLITE INDICATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A
LINE OF CLOUDS WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER 80 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER 70 MILES SOUTH OF
DICKINSON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY ANYWHERE ALONG THIS LINE.

CAMPERS AND BOATERS...ESPECIALLY ON LAKE SAKAKAWEA AND LAKE METAGOSHE...
ARE URGED MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.