Tornado Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
410 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 400 PM MDT...RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF NORTH DAKOTA. ONE STORM
WAS RATHER STRONG AND LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF BOWMAN AND MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER STORM WAS DETECTED ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BISMARCK NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW LEIPZIG. THIS STORM WAS ALSO QUITE STRONG
AND COULD HAVE CONTAINED SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
625 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 625 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
50 MILES EAST/SOUTHEAST OF WILISTON OVER LAKE SAKAKWEA...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEWTOWN NORTH DAKOTA.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF DEADLY
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  MOVEMENT IS
TO THE NORTH AT 2b0 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THIS STORM
AND EXTENDED SOUTH THROUGH DICKINSON AND WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APROACH YOUR AREA MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER INDOORS.

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NDZ003-004-006-007-008-310100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
708 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 700 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM DICKINSON TO THE EAST END OF LAKE
SAKAKAWEA TO BISMARCK TO LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA TO DICKINSON.

TWO STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES AND 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BISMARCK...OR NEAR THE EAST AND WEST ENDS OF LAKE TSCHIDA. THESE STORMS
CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING VERY SLOW
TO THE NORTH.

IN THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF THE STATE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY
MOVED FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO BOWMAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF
BOWMAN.
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NDZ003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-310200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
820 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 810 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF
BOTTINEAU TO THE EAST END OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA TO 50 MILES WEST OF
BISMARCK TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF DICKINSON.

THERE WERE A FEW VERY STRONG STORMS IN THIS BAND. ONE WAS LOCATED
50 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK NEAR GLEN ULLIN. THIS STORM HAD VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

THE SECOND STRONG STORM WAS 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK NEAR
GARRISON DAM...AND THE THIRD STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES
SOUTH OF MINOT. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
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NDZ003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-310400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1005 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1005 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED A BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. IT WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND THE CENTER OF THE BAND EXTENDED
FROM MINOT TO 30 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DICKINSON.

THERE WERE A FEW VERY STRONG STORMS IN THIS BAND JUST WEST OF THE
BISMARCK/MANDAN AREA. ONE WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF BISMARCK OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF CENTER. THE SECOND WAS 25 MILES WEST OF BISMARCK NEAR
ALMONT...AND THE THIRD WAS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK OR 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARSON. THESE STORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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