MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2088
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1054 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ND
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 819...
   
   VALID 010354Z - 010530Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 819
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE TSTM WATCH 819 CONTINUES UNTIL 09Z...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
   HAIL TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS REMAINING POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
   ACROSS CENTRAL ND.
   
   EARLIER SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS HAVE CONGEALED/GROWN UPSCALE OVER THE
   PAST 1-2 HOURS...WITH A MODESTLY BROKEN NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE OF
   STORMS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL ND ABOUT 50-60 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 83
   CORRIDOR AND MINOT/BISMARCK AREAS AS OF 0345Z. MEASURED SEVERE WIND
   GUSTS OVER THE PAST HOUR INCLUDE 52 KT AT DICKINSON AND 53 KT AT
   WILLISTON. WITH CONTINUED CELL MERGERS/ORGANIZATION ON THE
   MESOSCALE...STRENGTHENING MID/HIGH LEVEL FLOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH
   EASTERLY NEAR-SURFACE WINDS/WARM ADVECTION JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
   WILL CONTINUE A SCENARIO CONDUCIVE FOR WIND DAMAGE/BOUTS OF SEVERE
   HAIL INTO CENTRAL ND OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 09/01/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FGF...BIS...
   
   LAT...LON   48630332 48950316 48950125 48799998 47619976 46680046
               46290223 46460295 47410258 48130309 48630332