1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 24, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2006 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS/CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. MAY BE FIRE WEATHER HAZARDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS WELL. CURRENTLY...MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS...PROVIDING THE DYNAMICS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AS THE MID LEVEL WAVE PROGRESSES SOUTHEAST. FOR TODAY...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE SIMILAR TO SLIGHTLY COOLER COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...AS 850H TEMPS AND THICKNESS VALUES RETREAT A BIT TO THE WEST. STILL WARM THOUGH AND ABOVE NORMAL. WILL KEEP IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS MORNING SOUTHEAST...BUT MAY DROP BEFORE PUBLISHING DEPENDING ON REGIONAL RADAR LOOP AND SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE AT THAT TIME. AFTERNOON INSTABILITIES INCREASE WEST AND CENTRAL ALONG WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH POSSIBLE STORMS DEVELOPING LATE AFTERNOON. BY TONIGHT...THE WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LOOKS LIKE SOMEWHAT OF A DECENT CHANCE FOR EVENING AND OVERNIGHT STORMS WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND UNSTABLE AIR...SO INTRODUCED LOW POPS REGION WIDE. IN REGARDS TO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY...LOOKING SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AGAIN EXPECTED OVER MOST AREAS. SO DESPITE AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AGAIN AROUND 20 PERCENT...WILL NOT ISSUE ANY FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES FOR TODAY. FOR TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES REBOUND SLIGHTLY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS EAST TOWARDS THE ROCKIES. LOOKING LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND MORE STABLE AIR MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA. ONE THING TO NOTE FOR TUESDAY IS THAT MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING NORTHERLY WINDS APPROACHING 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THESE WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH FOR A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS MIN RH VALUES WILL REMAIN LOW. FUTURE SHIFTS CAN MONITOR THIS SITUATION AS MODEL SOLUTIONS BECOME CLEARER AND MORE CONSISTENT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM AND WELL ABOVE SEASONAL FOR WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE TRAIN OF SHORT WAVES CONTINUE AND ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS MAY AGAIN BE AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO FIRE WEATHER HAZARDS WEDNESDAY...SO AGAIN CLOSE MONITORING OF THE SITUATION WILL BE NEEDED. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT GENERAL RIDGING WILL KEEP IT DRY. THE GFS HINTS AT SOME ACTIVITY NEXT SATURDAY...BUT ITS TOO FAR OFF TO LOCK ONTO YET...SO WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THE NEXT FEW RUNS HANDLE IT BEFORE PUTTING IN POPS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NONE && NH/RSL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
75 year old barn was struck by lightning, caught fire, and was destroyed.
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