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 25, 1:15 AM CST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 215 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 MAIN CONCERN TODAY IS A H500 SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH ND HELPING TO SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS. H500 TROUGH IS CURRENTLY OVER SASKATCHEWAN AND ENTERING WRN ND WITH AN ASSOCIATED VORT CENTER. ALL THREE MODELS INITIALIZED IT WELL OVER SASKATCHEWAN/NERN MONTANA MONDAY EVENING...BUT AVN MOVES IT FASTEST ACROSS ND AND POSITIONS VORT CENTER OVER WRN MINNESOTA BY 18Z. ETA/NGM HAVE VORT AXIS FROM NERN ND TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL BY 18Z. WILL GO WITH ETA/NGM TIMING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SRN SASKATCHEWAN NOW AND EXPECT THAT CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ALONG/AHEAD OF VORT AXIS REGARDLESS OF TIME OF DAY. BEST PROBABILITIES OF CONVECTION IN AREAS WHEN VORT AXIS MEETS TIME OF MAX DAYTIME HEATING (18Z-00Z). THIS WOULD BE THE JAMESTOWN AREA OF SERN ND. AT THE SURFACE...ETA SEEMS TO BE HANDLING CURRENT SURFACE DEWPOINT TEMPS THE BEST...AND IT PROGS 60 DEWPOINTS FROM MINOT TO JUST EAST OF BISMARCK BY 18Z WITH NEARLY 65 DEWPOINT FOR JAMESTOWN. ETA LIFTED INDEX -2 TO -6 EAST OF MINOT/BISMARCK AT 18Z WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 1000. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SUPPORTED 18Z CONVECTION THESE AREAS. WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS IN MINOT AND BISMARCK WITH 30 OR 40 PERCENT IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. WESTERN RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE DAKOTAS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WITH TEMPS IN THE 80S AND DRY ON TAP THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS AS PER PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION WITH SOME SHORTWAVES TRAVELING THROUGH THE STRONG H500 RIDGE. .BIS...NONE. VINING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado formed 7 miles southwest of Dunseith and skipped east across open country lifting back into the parent cloud 5 miles south of Dunseith. No damage was reported.
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