North Dakota, 2001

Hail in North Dakota, July 16, 2001

July 16, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • 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 16, 2:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:57 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
NDZ017-160555-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1157 PM CDT (1057 PM MDT) SUN JUL 15 2001

SHOWERS WILL DEVELOPE OVER MCKENZIE COUNTY DURING THROUGH 1 AM CDT
(12 AM MDT). AT 1145 PM CDT...LOCAL RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS SPREADING OVER SOUTHERN
MCKENZIE COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WILL SLOWY SPREAD NORTHWARD TO
THE WATFORD CITY AND WILLISTON AREAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
AND MAY INCLUDE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

MR
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:59 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
NDZ017-160555-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
1157 PM CDT (1057 PM MDT) SUN JUL 15 2001

SHOWERS WILL DEVELOPE OVER MCKENZIE COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM CDT (12 AM
MDT). AT 1145 PM CDT...LOCAL RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS SPREADING OVER SOUTHERN MCKENZIE
COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WILL SLOWY SPREAD NORTHWARD TO THE WATFORD
CITY AND WILLISTON AREAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND MAY
INCLUDE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

MR

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stutsman

When
July 16, 2:00 AM CST
Where
Stutsman County, Montpelier
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.700, -98.583

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257452.