North Dakota, 2001

Funnel Cloud in North Dakota, August 14, 2001

August 14, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001

A SURFACE LOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MANITOBA TO SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA AT 300 PM CDT. DEW POINTS EAST OF THE LOW ARE IN THE 60S WITH
GOOD CAPE. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF DEVILS
LAKE HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DIME SIZED
HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE
LOW THIS EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL NOT PASS OVER THE
FORECAST AREA UNTIL AFTERNOON WEDNESAY. WILL BUMP THE WINDS UP A
LITTLE OVER PREVIOUS FORECAST. GOOD SUBSIDENCE AND STRONG WINDS
ALOFT SHOULD TRANSFER TO THE SURFACE OVERCOMING A WEAK SURFACE
GRADIENT.  THE MODELS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE TROUGH IN THE COLD AIR ADVECTION...BUT IT APPEARS THE
BEST CHANCE WILL BE TO THE EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. A SHARP UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE ROCKIES BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE/TROUGH MOVING THROUGH MANITOBA.  THE BEST CHANCE
OF PRECIP WILL AGAIN BE WELL EAST OF FORECAST AREA.

.BIS...NONE.
TSW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:17 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
717 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 PM    7 SW UNDERWOOD            ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/14/01   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 6:32 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
732 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0728 PM    5 E MC CLUSKY             ND   1 INCH HAIL
08/14/01   SHERIDAN                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:10 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
910 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0835 PM    12 NNE TUTTLE             ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/14/01   KIDDER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:21 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
921 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 PM    9 ESE HARVEY              ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/14/01   WELLS                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Foster

When
August 14, 8:45 PM CST
Where
Foster County, 3 mi NW of Grace City
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.457, -98.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257398.