Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 26, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 26, 2001
Start: 2001-08-26T04:10
End: 2001-08-26T08:40
Location: North Dakota

August 26, 2001 · NWS FGF · 13 events in 5 counties and zones

12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 13

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 26, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
325 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS PCPN. CURRENT SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS COOLING AS TSRA DEVELOPS IN WAA ZONE IN SE
ND. LATEST MSAS SFC PRESSURE ANALYSIS HAS CWFA LOW IN NW SD...HIGH
CENTERED IN CENTRAL MN...AND CWFA BETWEEN WITH SE-S RETURN FLOW
STRENGTHENING. WHEN COMPARING INITIALIZATION CONDITIONS TO
MODELS...AVN BEST MATCH...BUT ETA ALSO CLOSE. MODELS SIMILAR IN
MOVING SFC LOW AND INVERTED TROF E INTO CWFA BY 18Z. WITH LIFTED
INDICES DOWN TO -10...GOOD THETA-E RIDGE ALONG AND AHEAD OF TROF
WITH PWS AROUND 1.5 INCHES...CAPES FROM 1500-3000 AND SWEAT INDICES
FROM 350-400...HAVE GOOD POTENTIAL FOR CURRENT ELEVATED CONVECTION
TO STRENGTHEN TO SVR LEVELS (WITH TORNADIC POTENTIAL) FOR A GOOD
PORTION OF CWFA TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY 00Z...SFC LOW MOVES INTO W MN
WITH INVERTED TROF TO NEAR INL...SO WILL NEED TO KEEP EVENING
MENTION OF TSRA FOR MN SIDE WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS ELSEWHERE.

FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR MON IS TEMPS. MODELS SIMILAR IN MOVING NEXT
SFC HIGH INTO REGION...PUTTING CWFA IN DRIER...COOLER NW FLOW.
CURRENT FORECAST ALREADY HAD MON PRETTY WELL IN HAND...SO ONLY MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED. AS FAR AS EXTENDED...STILL HAVE GOOD
CONTINUITY WITH PRIOR FORECAST...SO WONT MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS
TIME.

.FGF...NONE.

NG

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:08 UTC.

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Event by event

12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Barnes

When: August 26, 4:10 AM CST
Where: Barnes County, 9 mi SW of Sanborn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.850, -98.350

Hail, Barnes

When: August 26, 5:45 AM CST
Where: Barnes County, 8 mi S of Valley City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.800, -98.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom

When: August 26, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Ransom County, Anselm
Property damage: $500
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.583, -97.417

Branches were blown down.

Hail, Barnes

When: August 26, 6:15 AM CST
Where: Barnes County, 5 mi N of Oriska
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.000, -97.850

Hail, Sargent

When: August 26, 6:45 AM CST
Where: Sargent County, 3 mi NW of Cayuga
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.100, -97.433

Hail, Ransom

When: August 26, 6:48 AM CST
Where: Ransom County, 3 mi NW of Lisbon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.467, -97.733

Hail, Steele

When: August 26, 7:10 AM CST
Where: Steele County, 5 mi NE of Hope
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.367, -97.650

Hail, Richland

When: August 26, 7:25 AM CST
Where: Richland County, 7 mi SW of Hankinson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.000, -97.000

Hail, Sargent

When: August 26, 7:40 AM CST
Where: Sargent County, De Lamere
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.267, -97.333

Hail, Richland

When: August 26, 7:45 AM CST
Where: Richland County, 5 mi W of Wyndmere
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.267, -97.233

Hail, Ransom

When: August 26, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Ransom County, 6 mi S of Mc Leod
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.317, -97.300

Hail, Richland

When: August 26, 8:05 AM CST
Where: Richland County, Barney
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.267, -97.000

Hail, Richland

When: August 26, 8:40 AM CST
Where: Richland County, 4 mi NE of Walcott
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.583, -96.867

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, August 2001

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: 5265329, 5265330, 5265331, 5265332, 5265333, 5265334, 5265335, 5265336, 5265337, 5265338, 5265339, 5265340, 5265341.