Tornado Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

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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NDZ005-006-007-008-009-010-012-015-016-310400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1140 PM CDT THU MAY 30 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 1132 PM CDT...BISMARCK RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THEY WERE IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM THE
CANADIAN BORDER 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE TO A POINT NEAR
FILLMORE...ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE. ONE VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST TOWNER COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THIS STORM HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
HAIL.

OTHER LESS INTENSE STORMS WERE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL.  THEY WERE IN A
LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK TO MANDAN TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF
BISMARCK. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL.
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NDZ006-007-007-008-011-310600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE BISMARCK/MANDAN AREA...

AT 1155 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
15 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BISMARCK/MANADAN AREA BETWEEN 1210 AM AND 1 AM
CDT.

WINDS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN..7.AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

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