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 Jun 24, 2:10 PM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2001 MODELS INDICATE CAP OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ND THROUGH THE NIGHT...STRONGEST TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. TSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM IN EASTERN MONTANA AGAIN THIS EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ND THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THE RIDGE EAST...AND IN LATEST RUN...MOVE THE RIDGE EAST OF THE STATE ON MONDAY. STILL 700 MB TEMPS FORECAST TO BE AROUND 14 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY INHIBITING THE CHANCE OF TSTORMS. NOW APPEARS THAT BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY WILL SHIFT INTO THE EAST BY EVENING WITH THE SURFACE LOW. MODELS INDICATE DRYING LOWER LEVELS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE LOW. MOISTURE WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY...AND WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF TSTORMS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TUESDAY NIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF TSTORMS IN THE FORECAST WED THROUGH FRI. ALTHOUGH CURRENT MRF SHOWS RIDGING AT 500 MB...DEVELOPMENT OF LEE SIDE LOW IN MONTANA PROVIDES A FOCAL POINT FOR TSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND ADVECTION INTO THE STATE. BEST CHANCE WOULD LIKELY BE WESTERN COUNTIES. .BIS...NONE. TSW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado moved into Bottineau county from Renville county. The tornado remained in open country lifting back into the clouds 6 miles west of Antler.
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