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…HIGH WIND WATCH TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…
.VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
TUESDAY MORNING AROUND SUNRISE…AND OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY
NOON. WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING OVER ALL
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
IF PLANNING TO WORK OUTSIDE ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES OR TRAVEL IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON TUESDAY…PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROLLA…RUGBY…HARVEY…CARRINGTON…
STEELE…JAMESTOWN…NAPOLEON
107 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013
…HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING…
* TIMING…LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS…POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND
PEAK GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS…INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE…AND MAKE
WORKING OUTDOORS HAZARDOUS…ESPECIALLY IF WORKING ON ELEVATED
STRUCTURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH…AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
Fire Weather Watch
914 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 /814 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH TODAY. WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90 TODAY. FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE UPPER 70S TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND UNCONTROLLED FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Red Flag Warning
914 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 /814 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 DIVIDE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 BURKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 RENVILLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 BOTTINEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROLETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 WILLIAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MOUNTRAIL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 WARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 MCHENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PIERCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 MCKENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 DUNN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 OLIVER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 MCLEAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 FOSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GOLDEN VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 BILLINGS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 STARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 BURLEIGH... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 037 STUTSMAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 SLOPE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 HETTINGER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 BOWMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 SIOUX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 EMMONS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 LA MOURE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH TODAY. WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90 TODAY. FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE UPPER 70S TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND UNCONTROLLED FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. Forecast...
HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
.REST OF TODAY...SUNNY...BREEZY...WARMER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...SUNNY...WINDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
KCSi-T.V. News (May 13, 2013) — While an official burn ban is not currently in effect for Barnes or Stutsman County, authorities are advising against any outdoor open burning.
In Barnes County, Emergency Management along with rural fire departments and the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office are making the advisement, with the county rated in the dangerous category for burning conditions.
The potential exists for large rapidly spreading and erratic behavior of fires.
In Barnes and Stutsman Counties, if dry conditions persist, emergency management, in both counties, at the urging of rural fire chiefs will make requests of burn bans at their respective county commission meetings.
From JSDC Web Site
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 13, 2013) — At the Monday May 13, 2013 Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. (JSDC) meeting, it was announced by CEO Connie Ova, that Carbontec Energy Corporation of Bismarck plans to locate an iron smelting operation at Spiritwood.
Carbontec Energy Corp. Chairman John Simmons said the project is currently in the engineering phase with possible construction in 2014 and operations in 2015.
The plant will produce about 100,000 tons of iron nuggets each year.
The partners plan to break ground on the 80,000-square-foot plant during the first quarter of 2014.
The first phase of development will cost $60 million.
Simmons says the plant is expected to generate $50 million in annual revenue, which will include the sale of synthesis gas byproduct produced in the iron making process.
Simmons says the first phase of development is expected to bring 40 new jobs to the area, with a total of 75 new jobs after the second phase.
He adds they will be mid – to high level jobs, similar to those at a power plant and with similar pay scale. Total payroll will be about $2,000,000 per year
Simmons says the Spiritwood site was chosen because of its proximity to the main line of the BNSF Railway.
The plant will be connected to a large rail loop, allowing the delivery of the iron ore needed to make the nuggets and the shipment of the nuggets to eastern markets.
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http://www.growingjamestown.com/news/news_view.asp?ID=945
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News May 15, 2013) — The Jamestown Public School Foundation, in conjunction with the local United Way and the Jamestown Optimist Club, “rolled out” of the Imagination Library program which is set to begin in Jamestown.
On Wednesday morning, North Dakota’s First Lady Betsy Dalrymple was the featured speaker intorducing the program and read “The Little Engine that Could” to pre-school kids in attendance.
Mrs. Dalrymple said, “Encouraging early childhood literacy is incredibly important to me. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library has brought millions of books directly to pre-school children all across America at no cost to families. It is fulfilling to help connect even more North Dakota communities with the program each year and to see so many children develop a lifelong joy of reading.”
Mrs. Dalrymple began working with Imagination Library in December 2010, encouraging communities across the state to join on. To-date in North Dakota, 9 counties, 11 cities and 17 school districts are participating.
Imagination Library is sponsored nationally by the Dolly Parton Foundation. Its prime function is to get a free book every month to children between the ages of 0 and 5 at no cost to the parents. This is an outstanding program meant to improve literacy with our youngest children. Our local organizing committee hopes to give a free book to every young child ages 0-5 who attends the roll-out.
Locally, spokesperson Lee added that anyone wishing a brochure containing the signup information can call Jamestown Public Schools at 252-1950. Brochures have also been distributed around town.
She said the cost is $25 per child, with about 2,000 pre-schoolers in Stutsman County.
However, she pointed out that in addition to Jamestown Public Schools Foundation, the Jamestown Optimist Club, the Stutsman County United Way, have contributed dollars to the program, along with a $2,000 donation from a private individual, so there is no cost to the parent signing their child.
There are sponsorship levels available.
The Imagination Library has grown from just a few dozen books to nearly 40 million books mailed to children in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Currently over 1,600 local communities provide the Imagination Library to almost 700,000 children each month.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Bobcat Co. is investing $20 million in an expansion and renovations in Bismarck, about 3 1/2 years after closing its manufacturing plant in the North Dakota capital and laying off nearly 500 workers.
Bobcat on Monday broke ground on a research-and-development facility at its existing site at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre. Construction is expected to be done in about a year.
Bobcat has hired an additional 135 people for the expanded facility, bringing its workforce in Bismarck to 625.
West Fargo-based Bobcat makes compact construction equipment. It has about 1,000 independent dealers in more than 100 countries and bills itself as North Dakota’s largest manufacturer. It also has sites in Fargo, Gwinner and Wahpeton.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a three-day crackdown on unqualified truck drivers in the western oil patch resulted in more than 100 citations and 35 drivers being placed out of service.
The commercial motor vehicle enforcement effort happened last week west of U.S. Highway 83 and north of Interstate 94. The patrol says the goal was to remove drivers from behind the wheel if they didn’t have the proper training and licensing.
RIVERDALE, N.D. (AP) – Lake Sakakawea has been declared free of ice.
The Army Corps of Engineers says the Missouri River reservoir was declared ice-free on Monday.
May 13 is the third-latest ice-out date on the lake. The latest was May 17, 1979, and the second-latest was May 14, 1970.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota plans to compile a list of “culturally important” places that officials will protect from energy development or other disturbances.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple and fellow members of the Industrial Commission will visit places this summer for possible inclusion on a list.
The effort will complement sites already identified for restrictions or conditions by state wildlife, parks and historic preservation officials.
The idea of compiling the new list came after a public uproar earlier this year when an oil company staked out an area near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, part of the national park in the Badlands that bears his name.
Drilling in the Killdeer Mountains also sparked protests from ranchers and American Indians concerned about sacred or historic sites.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he won’t tolerate political bias at the Internal Revenue Service. He’s vowing to get to the bottom of the agency’s admitted targeting of conservative groups. Obama told reporters Monday that he first learned about the political targeting from Friday’s initial news reports. He calls the reported conduct “outrageous,” saying the IRS should never be perceived as being biased.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A medical student who witnessed the shooting that wounded 19 people during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans says it was hard to tell whether the gunman was picking targets randomly or was trying to hit specific people. Jarrat Pytell (JAHR’-ret py-TEL’) said the gunman he saw pointed in a specific direction and didn’t swing the gun wildly. Still, Pytell said, the man was shooting into a crowd, where multiple injuries were likely. Police say more than one shooter may have been involved. They hope a $10,000 reward and images of a suspect posted on YouTube will lead to an arrest.
DETROIT (AP) – Federal agents say a Saudi man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker. Two pressure cookers were used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month. According to a criminal complaint, the Saudi man arrived at the airport Saturday on a flight from Saudi Arabia via Amsterdam. He told agents he was visiting his nephew in Ohio. The complaint says he originally said he brought the pressure cooker because they aren’t sold in America but later said his nephew bought one that broke.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – O.J. Simpson has been listening to testimony from his daughter and other witnesses in a Las Vegas courtroom, where he’s hoping to get a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison. He’s now served more than four years of a minimum nine-year prison term. And he’ll be in court all this week to claim that he had poor legal representation in the trial, involving the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
WASHINGTON (AP) – With the help of lower gas prices, Americans have been spending more at retailers. The numbers from April show stronger sales of everything from cars and clothing to electronics and appliances. Analyst Jennifer Lee of BMO Capital Markets calls it “a good start to the second quarter.”
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