The Bismarck Tribune from Bismarck, North Dakota • 35

The BISMARCK TRIBUNE-Wednesday, July 5, 1978-Page 35 iv aM ft I lr ii I I I' I I Destruction off Elgin's water tower also meant the city's badly needed water supply was cut off in most areas. Increase in Tornadoes Likely as far as weather goes," said Silverman, recalling the severe winter weather in the region earlier. He said there have been 19 confirmed sightings in the state so far in 1978, and the annual average is 15-20, but last year's 30 tornadoes were "pretty much normal," Silverman said, when compared to the record 57 that occurred two years ago. The NWS says more severe weather is likely this summer. "We see no change in the weather pattern," Silverman said.

The number of tornadoes in North Dakota this year will probably be well above average, according to the National Weather Service. The state has already experienced as many tornadoes as normally occur in an entire year, said Karl Silverman, forecaster and disaster preparedness meteorologist at the weather service in Bismarck, and the traditional severe weather months of July and August have just begun. "The entire year has been pretty extraordinary ftp kr, iSa sivw- -s r6Ti i 'I i a iftt i i' 'ii' Ql Sir Downed power lines posed a major hazard in Elgin. The tornado shattered this home in Elgin. TedQuanrud MI The Associated Press cr.

UUJ- 'i: "1" Ambulances from several communities brought the injured to St. Alexius Hospital In Bismarck..