Hail, Stutsman
- When
- July 17, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, Sydney
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.733, -98.767
Hail in North Dakota, July 17, 2001
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
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, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:10 PM CST, 4 hours 34 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, 5:23 PM CST, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 18 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.Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:33 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
633 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0632 PM 1 N CLEVELAND ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 STUTSMAN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0638 PM 1 N CLEVELAND ND 2 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 STUTSMAN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:46 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION...
0628 PM HARVEY ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 WELLS REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Jul 17, 5:48 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
648 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.
0628 PM HARVEY ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 WELLS
0628 PM HARVEY ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 WELLS REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0632 PM 1 N CLEVELAND ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 STUTSMAN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0638 PM 1 N CLEVELAND ND 2 INCH HAIL
07/17/01 STUTSMAN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 17 to 18, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 17 to 24, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 17 to 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 17, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 17, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 17 to 31, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 17, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 17, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 17, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 17, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 17, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 17 to 18, 2001
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5256953.