Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
IN THE WEST...

NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL PLAGUE THE EAST END OF THE
STATE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WEST HALF.

AT 240 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG STORMS FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE TO NORTH OF
DEVILS LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE RADARS ALSO INDICTED STORM
DEVELOPMENT FROM NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON TO EAST OF WILLISTON. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST...SOME OF THESE
MAY PRODUC>E DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS PRODUCING SOME
HEAVY RAIN.

EVERYONE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPING
WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

KAS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF WILLISTON. AN INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 EAST OF WILLISTON NEAR THE TOWN OF TIOGA.
ADDITIONAL STORMS EXTENDED SOUTH OF TIOGA ACROSS LAKE SAKAKAWEA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE STORMS ARE LIKLY TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WIND ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

KENNEDY
LEWIS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
320 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
10 PM CDT OR 9 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WEST HALF
OF NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE STORM DEVELOPMENT IN
WYOMING AND SOUTH DAKOTA THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
DUE TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OF THE AIR OVER WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

AT 315 PM CDT BISMARCKS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN MORTON COUNTY...WEST OF MANDAN
TO SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS
IN THIS LINE WERE IN CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN THE BEULAH AREA. THESE
STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. ALL OF THE STORMS
IN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH AND ANY OF THEM COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

KAS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
345 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISON NEAR
COLUMBUS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT.  THE STRONGEST IN THE LINE WERE 65
MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLISTON JUST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND 45 MILES
EAST OF WILLISTON JUST EAST OF WHITE EARTH.  THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A SECOND AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE MONTANA
NORTH DAKOTA BORDER JUST WEST OF WILLISTON ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT P30
MPH.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

KENNEDY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
430 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
10 PM CDT OR 9 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING...

AT 420 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MINOT SOUTHWARD
TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED
IN CENTRAL MERCE<R COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT TO 55 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MINOT. THE AREA EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL
SASKATCHEWAN.  THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE AREA WERE JUST SOUTH OF MINOT
AND OVER THE TOWN OF GRANO...20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MINOT.

A SECOND AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE
MONTANA - NORTH DAKOTA BORDER JUST WEST OF WILLISTON.

THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

KENNEDY