000 FPUS73 KBIS 150321 NOWBIS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1021 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2004 NDZ002-003-010-011-150416- BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-RENVILLE-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINOT AND STANLEY .NOW... ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN... AT 1015 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF PORTAL IN BURKE COUNTY TO AROUND ESTEVAN IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND INTO DIVIDE COUNTY. THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...SOME SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THEIR PASSAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 1115 PM CDT WERE PORTAL...LIGNITE...BOWBELLS...KENMARE...MOHALL...POWERS LAKE... AND LOSTWOOD. $$ JENSEN