Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
535 PM CDT SUN JUL 02 1989

AT 525 PM CDT...AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.  THE 70 MILE WIDE AREA
EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...SOUTHWEST TO
45 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES
NORTH OF BEMIDJI OVER THE LOWER RED LAKES AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
THIEF RIVER FALLS NEAR THE THIEF LAKE REFUGE.

HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AT WARROAD MINNESOTA
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA.

BOATERS...CAMPERS AND THOSE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
EWENS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
640 PM CDT SUN JUL 02 1989

AT 625 PM CDT...A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BEMIDJI ALONG THE CLEARWATER/BELTRAMI LINE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS BELTRAMI COUNTY TO NEAR
BLACKDUCK BY 730 PM CDT.   HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND
TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...
CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND A PART OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.  THE
STORMS WERE IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THIEF RIVER FALLS...BEMIDJI AND
INTERNATIONAL FALLS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 60 MILES EAST OF THIEF
RIVER FALLS NEAR THE UPPER RED LAKE AND 20 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI.  THE
STORM WEST OF BEMIDJI WILL BE NEAR THE TOWN OF BEMIDJI BY 730 PM CDT...
WHILE THE STORM NEAR THE UPPER RED LAKE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN
BELTRAMI COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM CDT.
.

HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

BOATERS...CAMPERS...AND THOSE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGIG WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
EWENS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
738 PM CDT SUN JUL 02 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...

AT 725 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW INTENSE...WERE
OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE NEAR THE ITASCA STATE PARK...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...AND
20 TO 25 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI NEAR THE LOWER RED LAKE.

HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAR THE ITASCA STATE PARK WILL CROSS NORTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY
AND BE NEAR CASS LAKE BY 830 PM CDT.  THE STORMS NEAR THE LOWER RED LAKE
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF NEEDED.

BOATERS...CAMPERS...AND THOSE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGIG WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE
STfORMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS.  STAY TUNED
TO RADIO AND T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
EWENS

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
905 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989

TIME      EVENT
810 PM   HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED EGG SIZE HAIL 5 TO
         6 MILES NORTH OF PARK RAPIDS MINNESOTA

826 PM   HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
         IN THE DORSET...NEVIS AND STONEY LAKE AREAS OF HUBBARD COUNTY.
SPIES