Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Bismarck ND
Issued: 2013-07-24T19:51:59-05:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T20:45:00-05:00
Description: AT 648 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF WIBAUX…OR 78 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BOWMAN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF
THE STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY AND TRACK…IT WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA…NEAR THE COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GOLDEN
VALLEY…WESTERN SLOPE…AND WESTERN BOWMAN BETWEEN 730 AND 745 MDT.
BE PREPARED FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…
BEACH…
GOLVA…
ALPHA…
THREE V CROSSING…
PRETTY BUTTE…
MARMARTH…

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN…AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Golden Valley; Bowman; Slope