North Dakota, 2001

Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 2001

August 8, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 8, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001

TWO MAIN SFC BOUNDARIES TO WATCH TODAY. THE FIRST IS A TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM A LOW IN SWRN ONTARIO TO A LOW AT THE CNTRL ND/SD
BORDER. SHOWERS AND TSTMS HAVE LINGERED ALL DAY ALONG THIS BORDER IN
ND...BUT MID LEVEL H7 CAP OF 14-15C HAS KEPT THE STORMS FROM GROWING
TO SEVERE LIMITS. AS STORMS MOVE INTO MN...THEY ENTER AN ENVIRONMENT
WITH A WEAKER CAP.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR TONIGHT IS THE TRUE COLD FRONT THAT JUST MOVED
THROUGH MOT AND IS APPROACHING DIK ATTM. EXPECT ATMOS TO DESTABILIZE
RAPIDLY WI BREAKDOWN OF CAP. STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
EWD IN SRN CANADA JUST N OF INTERNATIONAL BORDER...AND H850 OMEGA
INDICATES GOOD LIFT BEHIND ADVANCING FRONT. H7 W-E FLOW THIS AFTN
BECOMES NWLY THIS EVE/TONIGHT AND EXPECT LINE OF STORMS TO MOVE SWD
INTO ND. ALSO...STRONG VORT ENERGY PROGGED TO SWEEP SEWD ACROSS THE
STA TONIGHT TO KEEP SHOWERS OR TSTMS GOING IN THE NW UNTIL LATE EVE.
LIS WELL BELOW ZERO AND CAPES ABOVE 1000...WL MENTION SEVERE IN ALL
ZONES THIS EVE.

CANADIAN HIGH PUSHES INTO STA TONIGHT AND INFLUENCES STA NEXT FEW
DAYS. EXPECT HIGHS ONLY IN THE 70S THU AND LOWS THU NIGHT IN THE
40S. LOOKED AT FCST SOUNDINGS...AND THINK THERE WILL BE SOME AFTN CU
DEVELOPMENT ON WED SO KEPT SKY CONDITIONS PARTLY SUNNY ON WED.

IN THE EXTENDED...H500 NWLY FLOW TO KEEP DRY CONDITIONS AND A FEW
CANADIAN SFC HIGHS KEEP MOVING SEWD ALONG THE PIKE.

.BIS...NONE.
VINING

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:21 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
621 PM CDT WED AUG 08 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    6 N ANAMOOSE              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   MCHENRY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0530 PM    6 N ANAMOOSE              ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/01   MCHENRY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0555 PM    8 SE ORRIN                ND   1.5 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   PIERCE                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
654 PM CDT WED AUG 08 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    9 NE DRAKE                ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   MCHENRY                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stutsman

When
August 8, 6:55 PM CST
Where
Stutsman County, Pingree
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.167, -98.917

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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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: 5257385.