Thunderstorm Wind, Emmons
- When
- July 19, 10:13 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County, Linton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.267, -100.233
Numerous tree branches down.
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
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.
- 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 19, 2:15 PM CST, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:15 PM CST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 315 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 THE SURFACE LOW HAS REDEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND EASTERN MONTANA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AND DEWPOINTS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA REMAIN HIGH...IN THE 60S. A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA HAS AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLISTON TO RAPID CITY WITH MOVEMENT GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NIGHT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE ROCKIES INTO THE WEEKEND...DON'T SEE AND END TO THE CONVECTIVE WEATHER UNTIL MONDAY. AT THAT TIME AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL HAVE DROPPED INTO THE HUDSON BAY REGION DAMPENING THE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND PUSHING A SURFACE HIGH OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA. THAT WILL DROP THE DEWPOINTS INTO THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS ND ENDING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG CONVECTION. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST PERIOD 3FROM MONDAY TO THURSDAY DRY...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP WILL BE AROUND CLIMATOLOGY. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONAL. .BIS...NONE. TSW
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:59 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
559 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 5 E POWERS LAKE ND TORNADO
07/19/01 BURKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0538 PM 15 E POWERS LAKE ND TORNADO
07/19/01 BURKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0538 PM 10 E POWERS LAKE ND 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/01 BURKE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:12 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
612 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM 10 NW DONNYBROOK ND TORNADO
07/19/01 WARD REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0605 PM 3 S KENMARE ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/01 WARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:52 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NDZ009-017-200255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 852 PM CDT (752 PM MDT) THU JUL 19 2001 AT 850 PM CDT...LOCAL WARNING RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF FT. BUFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR FT. BUFORD AND TRENTON AROUND 900 PM CDT. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. MR
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:54 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NDZ009-017-200255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 852 PM CDT (752 PM MDT) THU JUL 19 2001 AT 850 PM CDT...LOCAL WARNING RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF FT. BUFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR FT. BUFORD AND TRENTON AROUND 900 PM CDT. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. MR
Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:53 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1053 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 PM 15 S NEW LEIPZIG ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/19/01 GRANT
1045 PM GLEN ULLIN ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/01 MORTON REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. ALSO 50 MPH
WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:05 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1105 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0958 PM 20 S CARSON ND TORNADO
07/19/01 GRANT
0958 PM 5 S CARSON ND TORNADO
07/19/01 GRANT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:14 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Delaware, July 19 to 22, 2001
- Heat in Texas, July 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, July 19, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 19 to 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 19, 2001
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257048.