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 Jul 24, 2:00 AM CST, 11 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE SHORT TERM IS PRECIP CHANCES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON...AND ALSO WILL SEE A NICE COOLING TREND GOING INTO THE WORK WEEK. CURRENTLY...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MID LEVEL AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ND FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEASTERN MT LAST NIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR ELSEWHERE. WILL MONITOR SATELLITE LOOP AND SURFACE OBS FOR POSSIBLE FOG LATER THIS MORNING AS THERE WILL BE LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES OVER SOME AREAS. NEXT PRECIP CHANCE WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH/NEAR THE FORECAST AREA...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND SFC/NEAR SFC CONVERGENCE. FIRST WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ZONES THIS EVENING...THEN ANOTHER LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. MODELS CURRENTLY HAVE ALL PRECIP ACTIVITY ENDING BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MIGHT SEE SOME THUNDER ACTIVITY IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO...MOSTLY KEPT WX WORDING AT SHOWERS WITH ISOLD THUNDER AS INSTABILITY IS LIMITED. PREVIOUS MENTIONED SHORTWAVES ALONG WITH NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DROP TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW AVERAGE...AROUND 10 TO 15 DEGREES...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOWERED MAX T TUESDAY AS THICKNESS VALUES LOOK TO BE SIMILAR...IF NOT A LITTLE LOWER IN SOME AREAS...TO MONDAY. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY RIDGING STILL APPEARS TO BE THE RULE...ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 45 TO 55 RANGE. THUS I EXPECT A QUIET AND SEASONABLE PERIOD. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && NH/RSL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 507 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-251006- ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOTTINEAU-BOWMAN-BURKE-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-DIVIDE-DUNN- EMMONS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN- MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER- PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-STUTSMAN-WARD- WELLS-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...JAMESTOWN... DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK...MANDAN... WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON... HETTINGER...HARVEY...ELLENDALE...CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT... BEACH AND ASHLEY 507 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NH
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
1/2 inch diameter hail accompanied the high wind. Trees and tree limbs down throughout Reeder. Windows broken on homes. Shed leveled and barn collapsed down to its second level.
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