North Dakota, 2001

Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 14, 2001

July 14, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • 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 Jul 14, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
405 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2001

SFC HIGH FROM S CNTRL CANADA WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
PUSHED INTO THE STA. STRONG HEATING AND SHORTWAVE MOVED FROM SERN MT
TO WRN SD/ND AND ASSOC WI STRONG TSTMS THAT DEVELOPED THIS AFTN IN
THE CLEARING/LOW 90S SFC TEMPS. WATCHES ALREADY OUT FOR ALL BUT NRN
ND COUNTIES.

ON SUN...ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES NEWD FROM THE SWRN US AND
EXPECT TSTMS FROM NEBRASKA TO THE DAKS TO MT AND ALBERTA. SFC SELY
FLOW KEEPS HIGH DWPTS AND SEVERE WX A POSSIBILITY AGAIN SUN AFTN
THROUGH SUN EVE. H500 FLOW REMAINS THROUGH FCST PERIOD. WL KEEP
LOWER TSTM POPS FOR SUN NT AND MON. AVN SHOWS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE FOR
MON NIGHT. CAPES ARE HIGH THROUGHOUT FCST PERIOD AND SFC PATTERN
WEAK WITH BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES OVER NRN PLAINS/FRONT RANGE.

IN THE EXTENDED...SERIES OF SHORTWAVES CONTINUES TO MOVE UPSTREAM OF
H500 TROUGH. MOREl OF THE SAME...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.BIS...NONE.
VINING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:24 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NDZ009-017-142125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
323 PM CDT (223 PM MDT) SAT JUL 14 2001

AT 320 PM CDT (220 PM MDT) RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW
AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ON ITS CURRENT TRACK THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR FAIRVIEW MONTANA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
THIS STORM IS BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS AND A
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. TAKE SHELTER IF NEAR THIS STORM.
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS
STORM.

RV
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:21 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NDZ009-017-142225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
420 PM CDT (320 PM MDT) SAT JUL 14 2001

AT 420 PM CDT (320 PM MDT) LOCL WARNING RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW
MONTANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
THIS STORM IS BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS AND A
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. TAKE SHELTER IF NEAR THIS STORM.
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS
STORM.

MR
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NDZ009-017-142225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
420 PM CDT (320 PM MDT) SAT JUL 14 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT (8 PM MDT)...

AT 420 PM CDT (320 PM MDT) LOCL WARNING RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED
AN WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW
MONTANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
THE RURAL AREA OF WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY BY 435 PM. THIS STORM IS
BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS AND A WARNING WILL BE
ISSUED IF NEEDED. TAKE SHELTER IF NEAR THIS STORM. HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

RVZ
Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:19 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
519 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
)
0500 PM    10 W WISHEK               ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/01   MCINTOSH

END

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh

When
July 14, 4:42 PM CST
Where
McIntosh County, Ashley
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.033, -99.367

What these are

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

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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: 5256872.