North Dakota, 2001

Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 2001

August 24, 2001 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 1:11 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:11 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
211 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM CONCERNS PCPN TONIGHT/EARLY SAT AND THEN
   TEMPS...

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THRU DAY 2 WITH THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING
THE ETA IS A BIT SLOWER WITH THE FROPA THRU THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND
EARLY SAT. ETA VERIFYING BEST WITH FRONTAL POSITION AT 18Z...THUS WL
FOLLOW IT FOR THIS PACKAGE ALTHOUGH AVN RH AND 850 MB TEMP FIELDS
PREFERRED.

.SHORT TERM...FRONT MOVES THRU THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WL EXTEND
ACROSS FAR ERN ZONES INTO THE SRN VALLEY BY 12Z SAT. GOOD MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE NOTED AS DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 ALONG
AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. BEST INSTABILITY PARAMETERS AND LOWEST
CONDENSATION PRES DEFICITS OVER THE NRN ZONES...AND WL GO WITH THE
HIGHER CHC FOR TSTMS THERE. SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING
THE EVE AS FRONT MOVES IN...SEE SWOMCD 1871 FOR DETAILS. DRIER AIR
TO MOVE INTO THE DVL REGION BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT WHICH WL
ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL OFF THE MOST THERE...BUT COOLER AIR STAYS WELL
OFF TO THE NW OF THE AREA. THUS TEMPS TO STAY ABOVE SEASONAL
AVERAGES ALBEIT COOLEST IN DVL AREA.

.LONG TERM...LINGERING SHOWERS TO CONT FOR A SHORT TIME AFT 12Z THEN
REGION DRIES OUT AS FRONT MOVES FURTHER E AND SFC HIGH BUILDS IN.
RETURN FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP ON SUN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BUT ANY
PCPN THAT DEVELOPS TO STAY S OF THE REGION. TEMPS TO STAY ABOVE
NORMAL ON HIGHS...WITH CLOSE TO SEASONAL AVERAGES ON LOWS AS SFC
HIGH CROSSES THE REGION SAT NIGHT BRINGING LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR
SKIES.

.EXTENDED...500 MB PATTERN TRANSITIONS FROM ZONAL FLOW BACK TO NW
FLOW TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD WITH A BUILDING RIDGE AGAIN OVER
THE ROCKIES. BEST UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA
UNTIL NW FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED. HOWEVER...BY THAT TIME BUILDING
SFC HIGH THEN STARTING TO FUNNEL DOWN DRIER AIR AGAIN. MODELS AGAIN
SPEEDING UP TIMING OF NEXT FRONT INTO TUE. STILL LOOKS MINIMAL SO
WILL REMOVE MENTION AND KEEP ENTIRE PERIOD DRY FOR NOW. COOLER TEMPS
LATER IN THE PERIOD AS REGION SHIFTS TO NW FLOW.

.FGF...NONE.

RJT/GODON

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Benson

When
August 24, 5:53 PM CST
Where
Benson County, 2 mi NW of Knox
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.350, -99.717

Hail, Benson

When
August 24, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Benson County, 12 mi S of Esmond
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.867, -99.767

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: 5265040, 5265041.