1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 26, 2:00 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST WITH IT. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND PLENTY OF PW LOOKS TSTMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY AS CONVECTION NOW IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA MOVES EAST WITH THE SHORT WAVE. ISOLATED FLOODING FROM TSTORMS IS POSSIBLE BUT WILL NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY AS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVES OVER THE STATE AND DEWPOINTS FALL AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA...BUT WITH A NEW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BECOMING INTRENCHED OVER THE WESTERN US THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE A REPEAT OF THE LAST WEEK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. .BIS...NONE. TSW
NDZ001-009-017-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 446 PM CDT (346 PM MDT) THU JUL 26 2001 AT 440 PM CDT RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM NORTHEAST MONTANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE PARTICULAR STORMS...HOWEVER DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTICES STILL REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST. RV
NDZ001-009-017-270155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 757 PM CDT (657 PM MDT) THU JUL 26 2001 AT 750 PM CDT RADAR IN WILLISTON INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE EASTERN BURKE COUNTY LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY AND THEN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS AS FAR SOUTHWEST AS SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THIS LINE OVER SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS AND EASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS OCCURING IN SOUTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY NEAR THE GRASSY BUTTE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM CDT FOR DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THORUGH 7AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. RV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
901 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM ELGIN ND URBAN FLOODING
07/26/01 GRANT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0622 PM 6 E FLASHER ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/26/01 MORTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0635 PM 13 E WATFORD CITY ND TORNADO
07/26/01 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0640 PM 17 E BATTLEVIEW ND TORNADO
07/26/01 BURKE q REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0646 PM GOLVA ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/26/01 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
917 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0910 PM SCRANTON ND URBAN FLOODING
07/26/01 BOWMAN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 4 inches of rain fell during a 12 hour period causing flooding of ditches and some back roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2001
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: 5257313.