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 18, 1:55 PM CST, 10 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 255 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS IMPRESSIVE...STRONG CAP HOLDING PRETTY STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE BEST AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH...WHERE CAP SEEMS TO BE BREAKING. WILL ALIGN THE CHC FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES ORIENTED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MODELS HINT AT DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET MONDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE MCS OVER WRN ND...SO HAVE SPREAD A CHANCE FOR NOCTURNAL STORMS MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH. EXPECT A SLOW COOLING TREND AS THE SFC COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE SWING THROUGH...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO CLOSE TO NORMAL VALUES BY TUESDAY. .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SHORT WAVES MOVING OVER THE RIDGE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY... AND SATURDAY. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR WELLS...KIDDER...FOSTER...STUTSMAN...LOGAN... LAMOURE...MCINTOSH...AND DICKEY COUNTIES THIS EVENING. && WAA/TSW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 517 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191016- 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 517 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VINING
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail accompanied the severe storm causing major damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and other buildings. Wind ASOS measured.
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