1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 240 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 ...WILL ADD FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MAIN FORECAST CONCERN/HIGHLIGHT CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDED ESE FROM LOW. WEAK COLD FRONT ENTERING NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. MODIFIED 18Z SOUNDING TO KMBG CURRENTS REMAINS JUST A TAD CAPPED BUT LIFTING OVER WARM FRONT SOUTH OF NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE CONVECTION NORTH OF BOUNDARY. WILL LEAVE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. CONVECTION TRIGGERED FROM STRONG SHORT WAVE EXITING WYOMING MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ATTM. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A QUIETER DAY...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY IN THE SOUTH...THEN IN THE WEST DURING THE EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TUESDAY INITIATED ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. RIGHT NOW THE BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO BE TUESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM... GFSLR CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE BY WEEKS END BRINGING A RETURN DRY AND WARM PATTERN TO THE REGION. HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST REFLECTING THIS. BY THE WEEKEND A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN RETURNS AS UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND ASSOICATE SURFACE TROUGH TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM SOUTH CENTRAL. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY SOUTHCENTRAL. && HW/RGT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 517 AM CDT MON JUN 26 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-271017- 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 445 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZERDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HEINERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
358 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL 3 SE TROTTERS 47.29N 103.87W
06/26/2005 0.75 INCH GOLDEN VALLEY ND CO-OP OBSERVER
PENNY SIZE HAIL LASTED 5 MINUTES FROM 229 PM MDT UNTIL
234 PM MDT.
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CS/HWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
616 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TORNADO 25 W FORT YATES 46.09N 101.15W
06/26/2005 SIOUX ND TRAINED SPOTTER
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CS/HWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HEAVY RAIN 10 S NEW TOWN 47.84N 102.49W
06/26/2005 5.00 INCH MOUNTRAIL ND PUBLIC
5.00 INCHES OF RAIN AT VAN HOOK
0615 PM HAIL 7 S BOWMAN 46.08N 103.40W
06/26/2005 2.50 INCH BOWMAN ND TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD NEW TOWN 47.98N 102.49W
06/26/2005 MOUNTRAIL ND PUBLIC
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CS/HWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND GST 10 E LANSFORD 48.63N 101.16W
06/26/2005 60 MPH BOTTINEAU ND TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 60 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST
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CS/HWThe Bismarck radar (KBIS), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:50 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
F1 damage on a farm 4 miles south of Mott. Five grain bins destroyed and a barn heavily damaged.
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