Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
805 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 8 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA LINE...70 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK WEST OF SELFRIDGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK
BETWEEN STRASBURG AND LINTON. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT STRASBURG
AT 750 PM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN LINTON BY 810 PM CDT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK
IN NORTHERN EMMONS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL STREAM RISES AND PONDING
OF WATER AS WELL AS STREET FLOODING.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. FOR THIS REASON PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST# NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

VAN ESS

NDZ003>018-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
840 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 8 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
50 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BISMARCK IN NAPOLEON TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK WEST OF ASHLEY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN LOBAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. AT
835 PM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NAPOLEON. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK
NEAR MOFFIT AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK IN SOUTHERN MORTON
COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHREAST
NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. FOR THIS REASON PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
VAN ESS

NDZ003>018-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
840 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 835 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
50 MILES EAST OF BISMARCK TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BISMARCK IN NAPOLEON TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK WEST OF ASHLEY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN LOGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. AT
835 PM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NAPOLEON. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK
NEAR MOFFIT AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK IN SOUTHERN MORTON
COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. FOR THIS REASON PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPYROACHES.
VAN ESS

NDZ002-005-150245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
847 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 845 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR STANLEY NORTH
DAKOTA IN MOUNTRAIL COUNTY...TO NEAR ALEXANDER IN MCKENZIE COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BUT WERE
STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...AND HEAVY
RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST MCKENZIE COUNTY...HAVE HAD A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN.  AS A RESULT...SOME FIELDS AND ROADS MAY
BECOME FLOODED.

IF YOU COME TO[ A FLOODED ROAD...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS IT.  WAIT UNTIL THE
WATER RECEDES.

IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...GO TO A SAFE PLACE.

MARTIN

NDZ001>018-150300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
925 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ARE NO LONGER
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA...GRANT..SIOUX..EMMONS..BURLEIGH
AND MORTON. THE BISMARCK/MANDAN AREA IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA.

LEBLANG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY HAVE DECREASED IN STRENGTH.

AT 930 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NEAR CARRINGTON TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK
NEAR SELFRIDGE TO 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF NAPOLEON TO 10 MILES
EAST OF STRASBURG...IN WESTERN LOGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
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THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH SLOPE AND BOWMAN
COUNTIES...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKINSON...BETWEEN AMIDON AND
BOWMAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE MINOT AREA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 8 MILES WEST OF MINOT TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MINOT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE MINOT AREA UNTIL 1030 PM CDT. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

VAN ESS