Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-132030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
255 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
   AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 233 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA
...AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTING STRIKES...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL
BE NEAR THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS BY 330 PM CDT.  IN NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA...WHITMAN...ADAMS...AND PARK RIVER.  IN NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...NORTHOME...KELLIHOR..AND BLACKDUCK.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR ONE OF THE CITIES OR TOWNS MENTIONED...STAY
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO GO
TO A SAFE PLACE IF NEEDED.

CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  KEEP IN MIND THE ABOVE MENTIONED WATCH AND
LISTEN TO TV...RADIO...AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
525 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991

TIME           EVENT
435 PM CDT     NELSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED QUARTER SIZED
               HAIL NORTH OF TOLNA NORTH DAKOTA OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
               OF DEVILS LAKE ND.
450 PM CDT     GRAND FORKS AFB PERSONEL REPORTED TORNADO 10 MILES EAST
               OF BROCKET ND OR 30 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE ND.
505 PM CDT     AIR FORCE MISSLE SILO PERSONEL ON WALSH COUNTY LINE
               REPORTED TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROCKET ND MOVING
               NORTHEAST. THEY WERE TAKING SHELTER.
510 PM CDT     OBSERVER IN GRIGGS COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED 45 MPH
               WIND AND PEA SIZED EHAIL AT SUTTON NORTH DAKOTA.
517 PM CDT     AIR FORCE MISSLE SILO PERSONEL AT LANGDON NORTH DAKOTA
               REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND A FUNNEL CLOUD.
ANDERSEN

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
530 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN NORTH
DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

EARLIER THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND FUNNEL
CLOUDS OVER RAMSEY AND NELSON COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA. PEA TO MARBLE
SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAD ALSO BEEN REPORTED NEAR LANGDON...SUTTON
AND IN JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
SLOW ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL STREAM AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAKL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN