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 9, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 230 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002 MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW AVN FOR THIS PACKAGE AS IT SEEMED TO HAVE A BIT BETTER HANDLE YESTERDAY ON WHAT TURNED TO BE A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF MID-LEVEL LOW PRESENTLY OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. PROBLEMS TODAY WILL BE EXTEND OF SEVERE CONVECTION EASTERN PORTION CWA...TEMPERATURES TOMORROW UNDER MID-LEVEL LOW AND TIMING OF THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY. CONVECTION IS FIRING ALONG BACK EDGE OF CLOUD COVER OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND IN RACE WITH DRIER AIR ADVECTING EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES INTO SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES REMAIN FAIRLY MILD UNDER CLOUDS AND DEW POINTS FALLING RAPIDLY FROM WEST SO THIS LINE MAY BE FOCUS OF SEVERE CONVECTION IS EVENING AS LINE MOVES EAST. PWS APPROACH 2.00 INCHES IN BAND OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WHICH MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WITH FLOOD GUIDANCE MUCH LOWER TODAY SOME LOCAL FLOODING POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVIEST PRECIP BUT WILL NOT ISSUE HYDRO HEADLINES. TOMORROWS HIGHS WILL WELL BELOW THE LEVELS OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS. WILL NOT GO AS LOW AS THE COLDER MAV BUT CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE GROUND OF THE MET. WILL END PRECIPITATION FROM SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH CENTRAL LEAVING SOME LINGERAING SHOWER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ZONES INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN EXTENDED WILL KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDER IN MON AND TUES AS SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF COLD FRONT KNOCKING DOWN RIDGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. .BIS...NONE. HW
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado briefly touched down in open country. Rainfall from the storm measured at 2.50 inches. Crops on 3 seperate farms reported wiped out.
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