Hail in North Dakota, July 17, 2001

Name: Hail in North Dakota, July 17, 2001
Start: 2001-07-17T17:28
End: 2001-07-17T17:28
Location: North Dakota

July 17, 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.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 17, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
310 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

HIGH DEWPOINTS AND A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. K
INDEX IS OVER 35 BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING.  WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS SEEM TO BE CAPPING CONVECTION... BUT
THE CAP SHOULD BREAK THIS EVENING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY. A WATCH COVERS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA UNTIL 7 PM CDT.
THE MODELS SHIFT THE SURFACE LOW TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY
THURSDAY EVENING...AND THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
NEAR THE LOW WHERE CAPE IS STRONGEST AND GOOD SURFACE MOISTURE
CONTINUES.  WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINING WEST TO SOUTHWEST
THROUGH THURSDAY...THE LOW SHOULD REDEVELOP IN EASTERN MONTANA AND
AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD
WARMER TEMPS THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...AND WILL ADJUST TEMPS UPWARD MOST
AREAS.

.BIS...NONE.
TSW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:40 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

540 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0520 PM    HEBRON                    ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0532 PM    6 W WOODWORTH             ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN/KIDDER                REPORTED BY LAW

           COUNTY LINE                    ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:41 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

541 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PM    GLEN ULLIN                ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0407 PM    12 E GLEN ULLIN           ND   1.5 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON

0424 PM    10 N TUTTLE               ND   FUNNEL CLOUD

07/17/01   KIDDER

0518 PM    HEBRON                    ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON

0520 PM    HEBRON                    ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0532 PM    6 W WOODWORTH             ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN/KIDDER                REPORTED BY LAW

           COUNTY LINE                    ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:04 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:23 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

623 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0621 PM    3 E MEDINA                ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   NEAR MM 233 I-94               REPORTED BY LAW

           STUTSMAN                       ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:26 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

626 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PM    GLEN ULLIN                ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0407 PM    12 E GLEN ULLIN           ND   1.5 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON

0424 PM    10 N TUTTLE               ND   FUNNEL CLOUD

07/17/01   KIDDER

0518 PM    HEBRON                    ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON

0520 PM    HEBRON                    ND   2.75 INCH HAIL

07/17/01   MORTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0532 PM    6 W WOODWORTH             ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0541 PM    6 N MEDINA                ND   FUNNEL CLOUD

07/17/01   STUTSMAN

0550 PM    15 W SPIRITWOOD           ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0603 PM    4 N MEDINA                ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0621 PM    3 E MEDINA                ND   TORNADO

07/17/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wells

When: July 17, 5:28 PM CST
Where: Wells County, Harvey
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.767, -99.900

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5256951.