{"id":46898,"date":"2014-06-01T22:07:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T03:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=46898"},"modified":"2014-06-17T10:12:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T15:12:41","slug":"funnel-cloud-threantens-jsmttornado-warnings-issued-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=46898","title":{"rendered":"Funnel Threatens Jamestown Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tornado\"<\/a>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 A strong weather system that included funnel cloud sightings\u00a0 in Stutsman County early Sunday evening led to at least three tornado warnings.<\/p>\n

The funnel cloud was first reported in the Eldridge area, that reportedly touched down,\u00a0(see photo)\u00a0in the 7-p.m. hour, and slowly moved at 8 mph east toward Jamestown.\u00a0 The Tornado Sirens sounded in Jamestown, and the CSi Cable interrupt system was activated by the National Weather Service, and the Law Enforcement Center in Jamestown, along with CodeRED phone alert system, \u00a0alerting residents to take cover.\u00a0 During the same time period, areas in the county,\u00a0 including \u00a0north central Stutsman County (and southern Foster County) \u00a0and central, and southeast Stutsman and northern LaMoure Counties were under tornado warnings, the last expiring at 8:30-p.m.<\/p>\n

Tornado warnings were issued for Buchanan, Montpelier<\/p>\n

During the warnings, the public reported a\u00a0\u00a0funnel cloud forming over southwest Jamestown and moving to the southeast.\u00a0 That was not officially confirmed.<\/p>\n

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