Tornado Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...A THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON NORTH
   DAKOTA...

  AT 640 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON
INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WILLISTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE OVER THE CITY OF WILLISTON SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM CDT.

  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM BE PREPARED TO GO TO A
SAFE SHELTER.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...A THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NORTHWEST OF WILLISTON NORTH
   DAKOTA...

  AT 640 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON
INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WILLISTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE OVER THE CITY OF WILLISTON SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM CDT.

  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM BE PREPARED TO GO TO A
SAFE SHELTER.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
715 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE CITY OF MINOT...

AT 715 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO THE CITY OF MINOT2.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH AND INTENSE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF MINOT UNTIL 8 PM
CDT.

VAN ESS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
740 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WARD COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY
OF MINOT UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

AT 740 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CITY OF
MINOT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE OUT OF
MINOT BY 8 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO OVEXR 60 MPH.

AT 721 PM CDT WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 58 MPH AT THE MINOT AIRPORT.

AT 726 PM CDT WINDS DOWNED TREES IN BURLINGTON OR ABOUT 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MINOT.

MCMULLEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
750 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT AND FOR SOUTHERN WILLIAMS AND
NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
  AT 745 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON
AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW TOWN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR WERE
PRODUCED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PASS THROUGH THE WILLISTON
AREA.
 THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. IF THEY APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO
A SAFE SHELTERi.

KENNEDY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
810 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINOT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
GRANVILLE...KARLSRUHE AND VELVA AND HEADING FOR THE TOWN OF KARLSRUHE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM UPROOTED TREES...DISRUPTED POWER...PRODUCED LARGE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTING TO NEAR 60 MPH IN MINOT. DURING THE PAST 15
MINUTES THE STORM HAS DECREASED RAPIDLY IN INTENSITY.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWN OF KARLSRUHE BETWEEN 830 AND
9 PM CDT. IT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.
VAN ESS