Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Bismarck, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
420 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM RUMBLING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF EAST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 415 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT
YATES...OR 60 MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER AND INTO EMMONS
COUNTY BY 425 PM CDT. TOWNS NEAR ITS PATH INCLUDE LINTON...
STRASBURG...AND HAZELTON. PEA TO MABLE SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS
WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING....AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.

ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES EAST OF BISMACRK...NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
DEVILS LAKE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND
SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER WITH THEIR PASSAGE AS THEY MOVE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

REMEMBER...EVERYONE IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. IF FLOODING OCCURS...DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. ALSO...WATCH OUT FOR WASHED
OUT BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.

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NDZ005>014-222320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
535 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 530 PM...AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS ACTIVITY WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY...60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK
...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STRASBURG...HAGUE AND
ZEELAND. THE TOWN OF WISHEK SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY 600 PM.

HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA UNTIL 700 PM.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF EAST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

MEANWHILE LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...FROM ABOUT 30
MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH DEVILS LAKE...WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER ONE TO TWHO INCHES OF RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED STUTSMAN...FOSTER...EDDY AND RAMSEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE...BETWEEN NOW AND 900 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
615 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

...A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MINOT SOUTHWARD...

AT 610 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM MINOT TO 50 MILES
SOUTH OF MINOT.

THE MOST INTENSE CELL WAS 30 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT AND SHOULD MOVE
INTO THE TOWN OF MAX BY 630 PM.

ANOTHER STRONG LITTLE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF MINOT.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SMALL THUNDERSTORMS.

DUE TO RECENT DEVELOPMENT...NO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED.
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