1 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 1:40 PM CST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002 MAIN FCST CONCERN TODAY WILL BE PSBL RECORD HIGH TEMPS ON SAT AND TSTMS SAT NIGHT. FOLLOWED AVN FOR DETAILS ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ETA AND AVN. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN BECOMING MORE PROGRESSIVE. CAP IS WELL IN PLACE AS CONV THAT DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ND AROUND 18Z WAS QUICKLY SQUASHED. WL BE QUITE UNSTABLE THIS EVNG WITH BEST BET OF ANY CONV ON EASTERN EDGE OF CAP BUT WL NOT MENTION TSTMS ATTIM. SAT WL BE ANOTHER SCORCHER AND CONSIDERING PLACEMENT OF SFC TROF...WL MENTION RECORD HIGHS BIS AND JMS. AS MENTIONED BY PREV FCST RECORD HIGHS FOR SAT ARE A BIT HIER ELSEWHERE AND NOT LIKELY TO BE REACHED. VIGOROUS AND QUICK MOVING TROF WL MOVE THROUGH SAT NITE AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH VERY DRY ATMS BHND TROF THROUGH SUN AND MON. LOOKING AT FCST SOUNDINGS...INVERTED V SIGNATURE AND HIGH WBZ... INDICATE STG WINDS WL BE MAIN SVR THREAT WITH CONV SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER WK TROF MOVES THROUGH CWA ON MONDAY BUT FAR ERN CWA LOOKS TO BE ONLY AREA WERE MOISTURE WL BE ABUNDANT ENOUGH FOR PCPN. FOR REMAINDER OF EXTENDED PD...WE SEE A RETURN TO A WETTER SCENERIO. WL KEEP CHC OF TRW TUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .BIS...NONE. TWH
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two persons were injured when a large tree was toppled by the wind onto their tent. Numerous uprooted tree's with several homes receiving minor wind damage. The injuries were at a campground in Beaver State Park.
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