Hail, McHenry
- When
- June 15, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 2 mi W of Norwich
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 48.250, -101.033
Hail in North Dakota, June 15, 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 Jun 15, 2:10 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:10 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 310 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 FCST PROBLEM TODAY IS CONTINUING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSTMS THROUGH FCST PD. H500 LOW PROGGED TO MOVE FROM LAKE WINNIPEG THIS AFTN TO HUDSON BAY BY SAT AFTN. H500 ZONAL FLOW OVER ND WITH SERIES OF SMALL VORT MAXES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FCST PERIOD...THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF EXTENDED PERIOD. SFC LOW ALSO NEAR LAKE WINNIPEG TODAY. MODELS SHOW SFC LOW MOVING NORTHEAST WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY OVER ND SATURDAY. BY SUN MORNING A SFC LOW SETS UP IN THE CNTRL PLAINS. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW LIS BELOW ZERO IN THE AFTNS AS TEMPS REACH CONVECTIVE TEMP THRESHOLD. NO REAL FOCUS FOR TSTM ACTIVITY BUT THINK SCATTERED TSTMS WILL BE AROUND. WILL PUT SMALL POPS DAYTIME/EVE FOR ALL AREAS. FOR TONIGHT...TSTMS FORMING THIS AFTN AFTER STATIONS REACHING CONVECTIVE TEMPS. WL PUT POPS ALL AREAS FOR MAINLY EVENING TSTMS. MODELS SHOW AN IMPULSE MOVING IN FROM MT/CANADIAN BORDER LATER TONIGHT...SO WL NOT LIMIT CHC PCPN TO EVE FOR NRN COUNTIES. LAST TWO DAYS OF EXTENDED...THU AND FRI...H500 RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ROCKIES TO BRING DRY CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...SEASONABLE TO SLIGHTLY COOL DAYS MUCH OF THE FCST. .BIS...NONE JV
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:49 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 150 PM CDT (1250 PM MDT) FRI JUN 15 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEEK SHELTER DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS AS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:56 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-15230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 400 PM CDT (300 PM MDT) FRI JUN 15 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEEK SHELTER DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS AS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:04 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 405 PM CDT (300 PM MDT) FRI JUN 15 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SEEK SHELTER DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS AS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PA l
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, June 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: 5246315.