Elgin, North Dakota

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Dickinson ND...

a record rainfall of 0.71 inch(es) was set at Dickinson ND
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 0.66 set in 2002.

... A tornado occurred in south Dickinson Wednesday evening...

The following is a preliminary storm damage report.

Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes moved through much of
southwestern North Dakota Wednesday evening. The Bismarck office
of the National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey of
the event and spoke to numerous people.

The conclusion is that a tornado occurred in south Dickinson at
approximately 815 PM MDT (915 PM cdt). The tornado damage
corresponded to EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. From that it was
determined that wind speeds in the tornado were on the order of
150 mph.

Significant damage occurred in the southern portion of Dickinson.
The worst damage was along and south of The Heart river... on
either side of Highway 22. This is south of Villard street (the
Interstate 94 business loop).

At the time of this report there were no fatalities reported to
the National Weather Service... and a few minor injuries were
reported.

Some homes were almost completely destroyed. Many roofs on houses
and businesses were missing or severely damaged. There was
extensive tree damage... many trees blown down and many trees
stripped of their branches.

Another storm damage report will be sent on Friday morning with any
additional details or corrections.