1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 2:00 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001 SFC HIGH ADVANCING FROM THE NW INTO CNTRL ND WITH NWLY WINDS AND DWPTS IN THE LOWER 50S. ATMOS UNSTABLE ENOUGH IN SWRN/FAR S CNTRL ND...WITH CAPE VALUES 200-800...TO SET OFF ISOLATED AND ELEVATED TSTMS THAT BEGAN AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN NEAR CNTRL SD BORDER AND MOVE SEWD INTO SD AS THEY GROW STRONGER. ETA FCST SOUNDINGS ALSO SUGGEST THIS AREA WOULD REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S...AND CU FIELD BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FROM BIS TO DIK AND SWD AS TEMPS RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. WL PUT EVE POPS IN THIS AREA. SFC HIGH PUSHES IN ON WED WITH RETURN SELY FLOW IN THE AFTN FAR WEST. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...BUT CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S AND IN THE 90S. DRY SFC AIR AND NO CAPE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT. ON THU...STRONG SLY FLOW INCREASES SFC DWPTS AND AFTN CAPES REACH 1000 OR SO...BUT MID LEVEL CAP BUILDS TO INHIBIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. ETA HAS +12 TO +14 OVER MUCH OF CWA. AVN HINTS AT MCS DEVELOPMENT LATE THU NIGHT ACROSS NRN ND AFTER EVE CONVECTION IN ERN MT. IF CONVECTION DEVELOPS IN NERN MT IT COULD CONTINUE NORTH OF THE CAP AT THE CANADIAN BORDER...BUT WL LEAVE OUT CHC TSTMS LATE THU NIGHT FOR ISN AND MOT FOR NOW. AVN HAS SFC TROUGH IN WRN ND FRI MORNING...AND ADVANCES IT ACROSS THE STATE ON FRI...SO WL KEEP CHC TSTMS FOR FRI. NEXT HINT OF CONVECTION IS SAT NIGHT/SUN MORNING FROM THE MRF...BUT ECMWF NOT AS STRONG WITH THIS SHORTWAVE AND WL NOT MENTION IN EXTENDED. OTHERWISE H500 RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER. .BIS...NONE. VINING
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple brief touchdown's in open country. Reported by three different sources. The sighting occurred just west of the Slope-Hettinger county line.
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