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AWUS83 KBIS 020010
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020700-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 
710 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN NORTHEASTERN WYOMING BROUGHT A SOUTHERLY 
FLOW OF AIR TO MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY...AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY.  TO THE NORTH...HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES REMAINED 
ON THE COOL SIDE AS NORTHEASTERLY WINDS PREVAILED. HIGHS RANGED FROM 
66 IN WILLISTON TO 78 IN BISMARCK. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THE 
WARMTH AND HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH A WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE UPPER 
ATMOSPHERE TO SPAWN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND 
NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE STORMS BECAME 
SEVERE...WITH A REPORT OF PENNY SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF SOURIS IN 
BOTTINEAU COUNTY AT 411 PM CDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH 
DAKOTA TONIGHT. SOME OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... 
DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 
ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.  LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S.  
 
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CJS