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WWUS83 KBIS 141055
SPSBIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
555 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-141200-
DICKEY-FOSTER-LA MOURE-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-STUTSMAN-
555 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING...

AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A STRONG COLD
FRONT...EXTENDING FROM CARRINGTON SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN AND
ELLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST EARLY
THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING AT TIMES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPIRITWOOD...         MILLARTON...          NORTONVILLE...
  KULM...               YPSILANTI...          MONTPELIER...
  MERRICOURT...         EDGELEY...            ADRIAN...
  DICKEY...             MONANGO...            MARION...
  GRAND RAPIDS...       BERLIN...             FULLERTON...


IF YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING...REMAIN INDOORS. SEEK SHELTER
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. GUSTY WINDS
MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE STRONG
WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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HEINERT