Heat in North Dakota, August 5, 2001

Name: Heat in North Dakota, August 5, 2001
Start: 2001-08-05T11:00
End: 2001-08-05T11:00
Location: North Dakota

August 5, 2001 · NWS BIS · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

6 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Winter weather
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 5, 1:05 AM CST, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:05 AM CST, 9 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
205 AM CDT SUN AUG 5 2001

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KJMS AREA TODAY...
DEW POINTS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BEHIND SFC TROF IN THE KJMS AREA
TODAY...REMAINING 70 TO 75. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGHS IN THE U90S
WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX OF 105-110. COORD ADVISORY AREA WITH KFGF
AND KABR.

.SHORT TERM...
KMBX 88D SHOWED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CANADIAN MCS HAD PUSHED SOUTH
OF THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. NO TSTMS OVER CWA AT 07Z BUT BOUNDARY MAY
ENHANCE CONVERGENCE ASSOC WITH SFC TROF FROM BRANDON MANITOBA TO
BISMARCK. VERY UNSTABLE ATMOS ALONG SFC TROF WITH A LI OF -8 AND
CAPES OF 3600 J/KG. ATMOS REMAINS CAPPED WITH H7 TEMP OF +13 TO
+15C. WILL KEEP EARLY MRNG FCST DRY FOR NOW BUT WILL WATCH FOR
DEVELOPMENT IN EXTREME NERN CWA.

TSTMS IN CNTRL MT ASSOC WITH A VORT LOBE AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE
AIR. UNTIL THIS VORT LOBE CATCHES UP WITH SFC TROF OVER ND...THE
TROF WL BE SLOW TO MOVE. 07Z WV LOOP SHOWED VORT MAX IN SRN ALBERTA
WITH LOBE EXTENDING INTO WY. ETA HANDLES THIS VERY WELL AND MODEL IS
USED FOR THIS FCST. STRONG WINDS ALOFT IN CANADA SHEARS VORT LOBE
WITH SRN END BRUSHING CANADIAN BORDER. SOME POST FRONTAL INSTABILITY
AND WEAK LIFT WILL LEAD TO A SMALL CHC OF TSTMS IN NRN CWA TDY...AND
ETA AGREES.

HIGH PRES BUILDING INTO CNTRL MT CREATED NW WINDS GUSTING TO
19-26KTS AT 07Z. WINDS ARE ASSOC WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE 50S. WL
UP WIND FCST FOR WRN ZONES.

.BIS...HEAT ADVISORY    TODAY     JAMESTOWN AREA

NOAH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:01 AM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

NDZ009-017-051155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
600 AM CDT (500 AM MDT) SUN AUG 5 2001

AT 553 AM CDT (443 AM MDT) RADAR IN WILLISTON CONTINUES TO SHOW AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN WESTERN MCKENZIE
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
TO 40 MPH. CURRENT LIGHTNING DATA INDICATES STRIKES FROM
APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH NEAR
TROTTERS IN MCKENZIE COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO 40
MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS MOVE THROUGH. PEOPLE CAMPING IN THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL
PARK NORTH UNIT MAY WANT TO GO TO A STURDIER SHELTER IF
POSSIBLE...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ROLL THROUGH NEAR 610
AM CDT. BY 630 AM CDT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR KEENE
EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH GRASSY BUTTE.

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The radar

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Event by event

6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Dickey

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Dickey forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.110, -98.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Foster

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Foster forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.457, -98.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, La Moure

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: La Moure forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.457, -98.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Logan

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.457, -99.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, McIntosh

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: McIntosh forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.112, -99.441 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Stutsman

When: August 5, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Stutsman forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.979, -98.959 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5257463, 5257464, 5257465, 5257466, 5257467, 5257468.