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 7, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 240 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 .SHORT TERM... MAIN CONCERNS ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CAUSE EASTERLY WINDS AND AMPLE MOISTURE TONIGHT. A SHORT WAVE OVER COLORADO WILL ROTATE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND THEN DEVELOP INTO A SMALL INTENSE CLOSED LOW. COOLING ALOFT AND A CONTINUING SUPPLY OF MOISTURE IN LOWER LAYERS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL END WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA AND UPPER RIDGING STARTS IN THE SOUTHWEST. BUT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SOUTHWEST FLOW AND SHORT WAVES RESUME. .LONG TERM... LONG RANGE MODELS SIMILAR WITH UNSTABLE WEATHER THROUGH THE LONG TERM. SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AND TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE REGION. MADE LITTLE CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... && LM/RGT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080912- 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 413 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SPREADING INTO THE NORTH WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:19 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado briefly touched down in open country near Highway 1804. Nothing damaged.
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