Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- July 31, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, Montpelier
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -98.583
Reported by an cooperative observer.
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 31, 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 30, 1:55 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:55 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 255 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2001 SFC LOW IN CNRTL SD WI INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING NWD TO CNTRL ND. SFC DWPTS IN THE 70S FROM BIS TO NEAR PEMBINA...AND IN THE 50S AT ISN AND MOT. THIS SFC BOUNDARY PROGGED TO REMAIN FROM NERN ND TO THE S CNTRL AND EXTEND TO THE SFC LOW THAT IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP WWD INTO WY THIS EVE. SFC TO H850 DWPTS EXPECTED TO RISE ALONG AND TO THE NW OF THE BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT ALONG STRONG H850 SLY JET THAT DEVELOPS BY 06Z. K INDICES FROM MORNING SOUNDINGS ARE 39 AT BIS AND 42 AT ABR...WI PWS OF 1.57 AND 1.77 INCHES RESPECTIVELY...WI WBZ OVER 12000 FT. ONLY THING KEEPING TSTMS FROM FORMING IS MID LEVEL CAP OVER SRN ND. EXPECT VORT MAXES THAT ARE PROGGED TO MOVE INTO SRN/SWRN ND LATE THIS EVE/OVERNIGHT TO DISTURB CAPPED ENVIRONMENT AND CONVECTION WILL COMMENCE. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN EVENT ALONG AND JUST NW OF SFC BOUNDARY...AS WELL AS TO ITS SOUTHEAST. WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR EVERYWHERE BUT THE FAR NW COUNTIES. MORNING HODOGRAPHS ALSO INDICATE SUFFICIENT SHEARING TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS/MULTICELL TSTMS. WL MENTION POSSIBILITY OF SVR ALSO. ON TUE...SFC BOUNDARY MARCHES EWD ACROSS DAKOTAS...BUT H500 SWLY FLOW KEEPS BRINGING SIGNIFICANT VORT MAXES OVER ND. MID SHIFT MAY WANT TO EXTEND FFWATCH INTO DAYTIME TUE DEPENDING ON HOW EXPECTED MCS MOVEMENT PROGRESSES...AS WELL AS NEW DEVELOPMENT FROM VORT ENERGY. MAIN H500 TROUGH MOVES INTO MN BY 12Z WED AND WL KEEP PCPN CHCS IN THROUGH TUE NIGHT. CAPES AND LIS DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TUE NIGHT AND WL MENTION SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE EXTENDED...RIDGING IN H500 FLOW WL KEEP ND MAINLY DRY WED THROUGH FRI...BUT ANOTHER WEST COAST H500 TROUGH STRENGTHENS AND ND IN SWLY FLOW ALOFT IN TIME FOR WEEKEND TSTMS. .BIS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT NWRN COUNTIES. VINING
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:09 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
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 31, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 31, 2001
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 31, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Florida, July 31, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 31, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 31, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 31, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 31, 2001
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 31, 2001
- Cold in New Jersey, July 31, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 31, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257527.