North Dakota, 2001

Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 2001

June 20, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 20, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

SIMILAR TO THE PAST TWO DAYS...SATELLITE SHOWS CONVECTIVE CLOUDS
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EXTENDING NORTH AND WEST
INTO MONTANA AND SASKATCHEWAN DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE
AREA.  STILL THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EVIDENT BY THE
GRADUAL SUPPRESSION OF CU TO THE WEST.  WILL GO WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS EVENING...WITH A RAPID END TO
CONVECTION WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET AND THE END OF SOLAR HEATING.
OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS STRONG RIDGING SHOULD SUPPRESS ANY CONVECTION
WHILE PUSHING THE DAYTIME TEMPS UP ABOVE NORMAL.  SATURDAY SHOULD BE
THE LAST WARM DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO TILT EAST.
WITH MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND THE USUAL LEE SIDE
TROUGH DEVELOPING IN MONTANA EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION LATE SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...TRENDING TOWARD COOLER WTEMPS BY MIDWEEK AS ANOTHER
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

.BIS...NONE.

TSW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 12:40 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
140 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0130 PM    2 W ORRIN                 ND   TORNADO
06/20/01   PIERCE                         EVENT DURATION 1
                                          MINUTE. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:41 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

241 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATjE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    5 E NEW TOWN              ND   .5 INCH HAIL

06/20/01   MOUNTRAIL

NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:46 PM CST, 34 minutes before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

346 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 PM    RUGBY                     ND   FUNNEL CLOUD

06/20/01   PIERCE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:50 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
350 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 PM    ELGIN                     ND   .25 INCH HAIL
06/20/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0100 PM    RUGBY                     ND   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/20/01   PIERCE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0130 PM    2 W ORRIN                 ND   TORNADO
06/20/01   PIERCE                         EVENT DURATION 1
                                          MINUTE. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

0230 PM    5 E NEW TOWN              ND   .5 INCH HAIL
06/20/01   MOUNTRAIL

0333 PM    MONTPELIER                ND   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/20/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                :                          OBSERVER.

0338 PM    JAMESTOWN                 ND   .5 INCH HAIL
06/20/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, La Moure

When
June 20, 3:20 PM CST
Where
La Moure County, 5 mi E of Marion
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
46.600, -98.233

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

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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: 5246330.