Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
342 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 325 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST
OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA...NEAR HANNAFORD AND DAZEY.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTING
STRIKES...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS AS IT MOVES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH ON NEAR THE FOLLOWING CITIES OR
TOWNS BY 430 PM CDT...HANNAFORD...DAZEY...HOPE...PILLSBURY...COLGATE...
PAGE...AND BLANCHARD.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR ONE OF THE ABOVE LISTED CITIES OR TOWNS YOU SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS MENTIONED AND GO
TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED YOUR LOCATION.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO PUSHING INTO
EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF
JAMESTOWN TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS.  THE MOVEMENT OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER OUR REGION HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IS HIGH.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS F*OR UPDATES ON THIS EVENINGS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.
DM

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
605 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994

TIME      EVENT
500 PM    MAPLETIN NORTH DAKOTA COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED 30 TO
          40 MPH WINDS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL

505PM     GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND HIGH WINDS IN VERONA REPORTED BY
          CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER.

515PM     NORMAN COUNTY MINNESOTA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SIGNIFICANT
          WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS IN ADA AND GARY.
          MODERATE DAMAGE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY.

515PM     12 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO 60 MPH WINDS AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO
          GRAIN BINS AND EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE REPORTED BY OFF DUTY
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.

515PM     HORACE NORTH DAKOTA COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS 1 1/2 INCH
          TREE LIMBS DOWN.

545PM     10 MILES SOUTH OF COGSWELL NORTH DAKOTA 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
          BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
EWENS

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
605 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994

TIME      EVENT
500 PM    MAPLETIN NORTH DAKOTA COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED 30 TO
          40 MPH WINDS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL

505PM     GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND HIGH WINDS IN VERONA REPORTED BY
          CO OPERATIVE OBSERVER.

515PM     NORMAN COUNTY MINNESOTA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SIGNIFICANT
          WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS IN ADA AND GARY.
          MODERATE DAMAGE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY.

515PM     12 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO 60 MPH WINDS AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO
          GRAIN BINS AND EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE REPORTED BY OFF DUTY
          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.

515PM     HnORACE NORTH DAKOTA COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS 1 1/2 INCH
          TREE LIMBS DOWN.

545PM     10 MILES SOUTH OF COGSWELL NORTH DAKOTA 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
          BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
EWENS