Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1000PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPLODE IN THE NORTH END OF THE RED RIVER
VALLEY OF THE NORTH...
AT 1000 PM CDT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXPLODED IN EAST
PEMBINA AND EAST WALSH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND KITTSON
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

REPORTS OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM A HAM RADIO
OPERATOR IN HALLOCK MINNESOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AND BUILDING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTH END OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY SHOULD STAY ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF YOU LIVE NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM
BE PREPARED TO GO TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY UNTIL
THE EARLY MIDNIGHT HOURS.N
BENNETT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1031 PM CDT MON JUL 2 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER THE
NORTH END OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF THE NORTH...
AT 1027 PM CDT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED OVER KITTSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE
BETWEEN LANCASTER AND LAKE BRONSON...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PEMBINA NORTH DAKOTA.

THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN PEMBINA NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED
1.25 INCHES OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THESE
STORMS PASSED THROUGH. HALLOCK MINNESOTA OBSERVER REPORTED .92 INCH
OF RAIN SINCE 1000 PM...AND GUSTY WIND.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE INTO MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY 1100 PM. SOME
OF THE TOWN THAT WILL BE AFFECT ARE STRANDQUIST...MIDDLE RIVER...
AGASIZ REFUGE...THIEF LAKE REFUGE AND GRYGLA MINNESOTA.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY MIDNIGHT HOURS.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF MINNESOTA THAT LIVE NEAR STREAMS
OR RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LOW LAND FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO
GO TO HIGHER GROUND...IF THE NEED ARISES. ALSO...EFFORTS SHOULD lBE MADE
TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PROPERTY FROM HIGH WINDS AND RAIN.
BENNETT