From the North Dakota Storm Team SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 838 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 NDC025-053-061-070145- /O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140707T0145Z/ MOUNTRAIL ND-MCKENZIE ND-DUNN ND- 838 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL DUNN...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MCKENZIE AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 836 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW TOWN...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF STANLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARSHALL BAY RECREATION AREA AND POUCH POINT RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. IF ON OR NEAR WESTERN LAKE SAKAKAWEA...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER. TORNADOES CAN MOVE ACROSS WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES CAUSED BY A TORNADO...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 4791 10207 4785 10224 4785 10238 4779 10239 4773 10257 4786 10269 4797 10272 4807 10271 4812 10258 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 312DEG 43KT 4787 10247 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.75IN
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