1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 2:15 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 315 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001 MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CWA. STRONG UPPER LOW MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON WILL EJECT SERIES OF SHORT WAVE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERES A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE LIES ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE MAIN INSTABILITY AND HIGH CAPES OVER NEB AND SD. FIRST OF THE SHORT WAVE SYSTEMS LIFTS EAST...NORTHEAST OF OF THE NEB PANHANDLE INTO SD TONIGHT...THEN REACHING THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF ND TOWARDS MORNING. SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO DEEPEN OVER THE NEB PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL ENHANCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW TSRA OVER THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. APPEARS AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL MODELS INDICATING 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL CWA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FLASH FLOOD RAINFALL GUIDANCE FOR A 6 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL OF OVER A 11/2 INCHES NEEDED FOR FLASH FLOODING. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME BUT MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER FORECAST IF RAINFALL EXCEEDS THE ABOVE FIGURES. EXPECT WEDNESDAY TO BE MORE ACTIVE AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS A WEST TO EAST WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH...MAIN THREAT OF STRONG CONVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ZONES. BAROCLINIC ZONE SETS UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLY HEAVY RAINFALL INTO NORTHWESTERN ND LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. .BIS...NONE. RGT
NDZ001-009-017-130310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 610 PM CDT (510 PM MDT) TUE JUN 12 2001 LOCAL WARNING RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH AN OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAINSHOWER CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. ASSID
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage to pole barns and farm house caused approxiately 45 thousand dollars .
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