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Jamestown, North Dakota
National Weather Service: Tornado Watch
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Almanac
Average High: 82°
Average Low: 57°
Record high/year: 108° (1989)
Record low/year: 40° (1915)
Sunrise: 5:47 AM
Sunset: 9:31 PM
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Sunrise: 05:47 AM (CDT)
Moon Rise: 08:51 AM (CDT)
Sunset: 09:31 PM (CDT)
Moon Set: 11:22 PM (CDT)
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5-Day Forecast
Hi 90°
Lo 65°
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Lo 61°
Partly Cloudy
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Lo 56°
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Forecast for Stutsman
Tornado Watch 659 in effect until midnight CDT tonight...
Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 40 percent.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night through Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Thursday and Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Friday through Saturday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Tornado Watch Statement as of 5:10 PM CDT on July 5, 2008
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Tornado Watch for portions of
northwest Minnesota
eastern North Dakota
Effective this Saturday afternoon from 510 PM until midnight CDT.
Tornadoes... hail to 2 inches in diameter... thunderstorm wind
gusts to 70 mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these
areas.
The Tornado Watch area is approximately along and 75 statute
miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northwest of Hallock
Minnesota to 75 miles south southeast of Jamestown North Dakota.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (wous64 kwns wou9).
Remember... a Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings.
Other watch information... continue... ww 658...
Discussion... the first surface-based storm has developed in ern ND
in advance of a pre-frontal trough. Boundary layer dewpoints in the
upper 60s with upper 80s surface temperatures have resulted in
strong instability in the warm sector... and a sufficiently weak cap
to allow thunderstorm development. Additional storms will likely
form this evening as an associated mid level trough moves ewd from
ND to NW MN. Vertical shear and low-level moisture may be
sufficient for a couple of tornadoes this evening with the discrete
initial storms... along with large hail. Storms could also evolve
into more of a cluster or line segments later with an attendant
threat for damaging winds.
Aviation... tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface
wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to
500. Mean storm motion vector 27025.
... Thompson
Public Information Statement Statement as of 6:16 PM EDT on July 5, 2008
National Weather Service Bismarck North Dakota
520 PM Sat Jul 5 2008
... Safety rules for severe Summer storms...
A Tornado Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service. The
following information and safety rules may save your life.
A watch means that weather conditions are favorable for the
development of severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes.
During a watch... you should go about your normal business... but
stay updated on the latest weather developments and be prepared
to go to a place of safety.
A warning means that severe thunderstorms or tornadoes have
been reported... or have been detected by radar. People in the
warned area should seek shelter immediately.
Tornadoes are natures most violent storms. In a home... the best
shelter is in the basement under heavy furniture. If no basement is
available... get to the center of the house on the lowest floor. Get
into a closet... interior Hall or a windowless bathroom. Stay away
from windows and doors. Protect your head with whatever you
can... a heavy blanket or even your hands.
In a school... office or other type of institutional building... go
quickly to a basement if available. If none... go to a Central Hall or
corridor on the lowest floor. Keep away from outside walls... doors
and windows. Stay out of auditoriums and gymnasiums. If
caught there... get under or next to something sturdy.
If in a Mobile home... whether it is tied down or not... seek shelter
on foot to the nearest reinforced building.
If in a car and in open country... drive at right angles away from the
tornado. If in a car in an urban area... leave the vehicle and get to
a reinforced shelter.
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Location: Svea Township, Litchville, ND Updated: 5:20 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 86.5 °F | Dew Point: 62 °F | Humidity: 44% | Wind: SW at 15.4 mph | Pressure: 28.11 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 87 °F | Historical Graphs |
NWS Forecaster Discussion
489 fxus63 kbis 051911 afdbis Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Bismarck ND 210 PM CDT Sat Jul 5 2008 Short term...tonight through Tuesday night a classic active early July upper air pattern is in place. Boundary layer dewpoints of 60 and above are either in the state or close enough to be rapidly advected in. The southern edge of the westerlies is over North Dakota and every passing short wave has the potential to produce thunderstorms. Our first round will be this afternoon and tonight and then again on almost every day as weak short waves keep peeling off The Rockies. I expect temperatures to be seasonable. Long term...Wednesday through Saturday night... Models/ensembles in better agreement with the long term today. Wednesday the models indicate a weak upper ridge over central North America which flattens on Thursday ahead of the next longwave trough. By Friday the flow turns southwesterly and allows shortwaves to move through the plains. Timing is very suspect at this time and went with consensus of keeping only slight chances or not mentioning precipitation at this time...especially with capping and timing of shortwaves. Concerning temperatures...Wednesday with northwest flow should be the coolest day with highs upper 70s to middle 80s. And 80 to 90 for Thursday through Saturday. && Aviation... Surface trough over central North Dakota this afternoon with upper level shortwave along and behind the front. This front is the focus of strong to severe thunderstorms expected over central and eastern North Dakota...likely after 20z or 3pm. Atmosphere ahead of this trough is capped and needs surface trough and/or upper disturbance to get storms started. Behind this trough there is another line of instability associated with the tail end of the upper shortwave. This line will drift across western North Dakota early this afternoon and reach central North Dakota by late afternoon/early evening. Thus thunderstorms expected mainly this afternoon for western taf sites...and afternoon and evening central and eastern taf sites. Strong winds and hail the main threats. && Bis watches/warnings/advisories... none. && $$ Rl/jv
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