1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 27, 1:55 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 255 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 DOPPLER RADARS SHOW A SLOW DECREASE IN INTENSITY OF RAIN OVER WEST AND CENTRAL ND. ALSO PRECIP IS ENDING IN THE FAR WEST...SO WILL END THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THE CURRENT PRECIP TRENDS SUGGEST THE AVIATION MODEL IS BEST BY MOVING THE SHORT WAVE SLOWER ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS SCENARIO PERMITS THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THEN WELCOME RIDGING WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE THE FLOW BEGINS TO TURN SOUTHWEST. THE AVN SHOWS A SHORT WAVE ALREADY ENTERING FAR WESTERN ND LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. .BIS...NONE. LM
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.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1029 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1023 PM 8 N CARSON ND HEAVY RAIN
07/26/01 GRANT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. 5
INCHES RAIN. WATER
5 WASHING OVER ROAD.NDZ001-009-017-270430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1030 PM CDT (930 PM MDT) THU JUL 26 2001 AT 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS INCLUDES DIVIDE...WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND RICHLAND...DAWSON AND WIBAUX COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MONTANA. RV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1044 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM 7 S FAIRFIELD ND HEAVY RAIN
07/26/01 BILLINGS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15
MIN. ROAD FLOODING.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1035 PM 5 NW BOTTINEAU ND HEAVY RAIN
07/26/01 BOTTINEAU ROADS WASHED OUT.
REPORTED BY LAW
g ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.NDZ003>005-011>013-018>023-025-031>036-040>046-270720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 155 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER5...SOME THUNDERSTORMS STILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. LM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
204 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 AM BOTTINEAU ARPT ND HEAVY RAIN
07/27/01 BOTTINEAU 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE
EDGE OF TOWN. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches over the city caused flooding of streets and underpasses. Many back roads near the Missouri River were water covered at times and a few washed out. Two mud slides on River Road covered the north bound lanes.
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: 5257446.