North Dakota, 2001

Heat in North Dakota, August 4, 2001

August 4, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 4, 1:20 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:20 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
220 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2001

...THE HEAT IS ON...
HEAT INDICIES REACHED 106 TO 117 YESTERDAY AND A REPEAT PERFORMANCE
WILL OCCUR TODAY. NGM MOS DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO BE 5-10 DEGREES
LOW. SFC DEW POINTS TO DROP INTO THE 50S WEST AND 60S CENTRAL ON
SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS OVERSPREAD AREA...PROVIDING RELIEF FROM
THE HUMIDITY.

PREFER ETA/AVN AS NGM IS TOO AGRESSIVE WITH S/W AND RESULTANT PCPN
OVER ND. APPROACHING S/W FROM THE CNTRL ROCKIES WILL FLATTEN RIDGE
OVER ND DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WV LOOP SHOWED VORT MAX IN SERN
ID...ABOUT 130 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE ETA/AVN POSITION. MOISTURE...
INSTAB AND LIFT WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PCPN WEST AND NORTH OF CWA
TGT. SRN END OF ID S/W FLOATS ACRS ND TGT AND MT SFC TROF MOVES TO A
DVL-MBG LINE BY 12Z. MID LVL CAP REMAINS OVER SFC TROF AS IT
ADVANCES EAST. DO NOT EXPECT SFC BASED CONVECTION BUT SOME OF THE
ACCUS WITH THE S/W COULD DVLP INTO SOMETHING MORE. WILL LEAVE SMALL
CHC PCPN IN TGT AND EARLY SUN WITH BEST CHC TO BE ALONG CANADIAN
BORDER. WILL TAKE OUT PCPN CHC FOR SUN AFTN AND NGT DUE TO LACK OF
LIFTING MECHANISM AND DRY AIR ASSOC WITH SFC HIGH PRES.

.BIS...HEAT ADVISORY ENTIRE CWA TODAY

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Burleigh

When
August 4, 11:00 AM CST
Where
Burleigh forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.977, -100.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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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: 5257462.