North Dakota, 2001

Hail in North Dakota, August 21, 2001

August 21, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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 21, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE PROBLEM FOR TONIGHT.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 50S SOUTHWEST...BUT 60 TO 70 ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL.  GOES SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPES FROM 3800 AT
SIDNEY NEAR WILLISTON TO 6700 AT BISMARCK...WITH WEAK CAPS.
THERE IS A LACK OF STRONG FORCING AT THE SURFACE...AND WHEN
HIGH PRESSURE IN CANADA DOES DROP DOWN OVER THE STATE LATER
TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL COOLING WILL INCREASE THE CAP AND LIMIT THE
POTENTIAL FOR TSTORMS.  CONSEQUENTLY, WILL PUT A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THIS EVENING.

EXPECT TO SEE DRIER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES ACROSS
THE REGION AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN MONTANA
AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.  THURSDAY...THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AS AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO MONTANA.  THE USUAL LEE
SIDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AND THE SURFACE FLOW WILL TURN
SOUTHEAST ALLOWING THE RETURN OF MOISTURE. WILL PUT A CHANCE OF
TSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING IN CENTRAL ND
FRIDAY. THE EXTENDED LOOKS DRY DUE TO RIDGING ALOFT.

.BIS...NONE.
TSW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 4:16 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
516 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

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

0445 PM    WHITE EARTH               ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/21/01   MOUNTRAIL                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Aug 21, 6:12 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

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

0643 PM    7 S SAWYER                ND   .88 INCH HAIL
08/21/01   WARD                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0651 PM    3 W VELVA                 ND   1 INCH HAIL
08/21/01   MCHENRY                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0655 PM    SAWYER                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/21/01   WARD                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ward

When
August 21, 6:15 PM CST
Where
Ward County, 20 mi S of Minot
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.950, -101.283

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5257456.