1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 7, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
320 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001
FORECAST PROBLEMS TODAY ARE HIGH HEAT INDEX...THE CAP STRENGTH...AND
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS ADVANCING COLD FRONT PUSHES
INTO THE STATE.
HEAT INDICIES ARE IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE OVER MUCH OF CNTRL ND THIS
AFTN. WL KEEP HEAT ADVISORY GOING THIS EVE FOR MINOT...AND FOR
TONIGHT AT BIS AND JMS. COLD FRONT WL NOT GET TO BIS UNTIL
MORNING...SO HIGH DWPTS AND LOWS IN THE 70S WL CONTINUE FOR BIS AND
JMS.
COMPLICATED WX SCENARIO FOR TSTMS TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. MID
LEVEL CAP IN PLACE WI H7 TEMPS OF 14 THIS MORNING...AND FCST
SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AFTN AND EVE INDICATED STRENGTHENING OF CAP.
CONVECTIVE SFC TEMPS ARE 103 TO 107F. SFC LOWS THIS AFTN IN SERN MT
AND SRN SASK...AND EAST-WEST SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS ND WITH SLY/SELY
WINDS AND DWPTS N THE 70S ACROSS SRN ND AND ELY/SELY WINDS AND DWPTS
ON THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE NORTH. TSTMS HAVE FORMED IN NERN
MT AT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IN VCNTY OF SFC LOW. TSTMS HAVE
MOVED INTO NWRN ND...AND WERE HIGH BASED. DO NOT SEEM TO BE PUNCHING
THROUGH THE CAP ATTM. ALSO SOME ACTIVITY ALONG E-W SFC BOUNDARY
ACROSS ND. ALONG WITH THIS ACTIVITY...POSSIBILITY OF TSTMS IN WY
MOVING INTO WRN ND WITH MODELS ADVERTISING H500 VORT ENERGY MOVING
NWD SLOWLY TONIGHT. ANOTHER LIFTING SOURCE IS THE SFC COLD FRONT
PROGGED TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS STA...BEGINNING AROUND 06Z IN THE NW
CORNER...AND BEING IN VCNTY OF BIS AROUND 12 WED MORNING. THINK
MODELS ARE PUTTING THE MOST PCPN IN NRN/NERN ND TO MANITOBA AND NRN
MINNESOTA ALONG E-W WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT SHOULD MOVE NWD THIS
EVE. H850 AND H700 OMEGA INDICATES LOTS OF UPWARD MOTION FROM 06Z TO
12Z IN THIS AREA. WL MENTION SVR TSTM POSSIBILITIES.
FOR WED...COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF CWA BY 18Z WED...BUT CAPES WELL
ABOVE 1000 AND LIS WELL BELOW ZERO ON THE NW SIDE OF THE FRONT.
H700-500 DIVERGENCE OF Q SUGGESTS LOTS OF UPWARD MOTION/INSTABILITY
TO WARRANT KEEPING GOOD CHC TSTMS SRN COUNTIES ON WED...EVEN INTO
WED EVE. THEN CLEARING WED NIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS THU AND RELIEF
FROM HEAT.
WL PUT BEST CHC PCPN TONIGHT IN THE WEST AND NORTH...AND IN THE
SOUTH ON WED/WED NIGHT.
FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...H500 NWLY FLOW KEEPS DRY SFC HIGHS MOVING
THROUGH STA WITH TEMPS IN THE 70S AND 80S.
.BIS...HEAT ADVISORY...MOT THIS EVE
BIS AND JMS TONIGHT
VININGNDZ009-017-071955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 158 PM CDT (1258 PM MDT) TUE AUG 7 2001 ...THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FROM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON... AND STRETCHING INTO RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD AT AROUND 30 MPH...BRINGING BRIEF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING TO PARTS OF RURAL NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WILLISTON AND ALEXANDER. MR
NDZ009-017-071955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 158 PM CDT (1258 PM MDT) TUE AUG 7 2001 ...CORRECTED FOR WORDING... ...THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FROM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WILLISTON... AND STRETCHING INTO RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD AT AROUND 30 MPH...BRINGING BRIEF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING TO PARTS OF RURAL NORTHERN MCKENZIE AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WILLISTON AND ALEXANDER. MR
NDZ001-009-017-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 344 PM CDT (244 PM MDT) TUE AUG 7 2001 A BROAD AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY...WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES. MR
NDZ001-009-017-080113- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 513 PM CDT (413 PM MDT) TUE AUG 7 2001 A BROAD AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...PERIODS OF MODERATE SHOWERS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. USE CAUTION TO ASSURE SAFETY DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. ASSID
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind completely destroyed a new airplane hanger at the Kenmare airport. Other damage consisted of several large metal buildings and hopper. Numerous tree limbs down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, August 2001
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: 5257470.