1 heavy rain, 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 Jun 27, 3:25 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 425 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALREADY ISSUED FOR WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALREADY ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN ND WITH DEW POINTS AROUND 70 WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST TO SLIDE EAST TONIGHT AS H5 ENERGY IN NORTHEAST WYOMING ALSO MOVES EAST. SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AREA MOST UNSTABLE...BUT CAPPED IN WARM AIR. EXPECT MOST ACTION TO BE FAR WEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL. CONCERN NORTHWEST IS THE 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS MORNING. WITH FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE AT AROUND 2.50 INCHES BEFORE THAT RAIN...FEEL FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ISN AREA. MODELS INDICATE POSSIBLE MCS FORMING FROM THE STORMS AND MOVING TO THE MINOT AREA OVERNIGHT. OPTED TO INCLUDE KMOT AREA IN THE FF WATCH. CDFNT MOVES TO CENTRAL ND THURSDAY MORNING WITH LEFTOVER MORNING CONVECTION DYING OUT. NUMERICAL TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE FRONT STALLS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN KMOT AND KDVL...AND KBIS AND KJMS. THIS COULD MEAN THE EASTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA REDEVELO_PS STORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .BIS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH DAKOTA...BASICALLY WILLISTON/WATFORD CITY...THROUGH MINOT/TOWNER...AND NORTH. JP MARTIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
358 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM CROSBY ND HEAVY RAIN
06/27/01 DIVIDE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED
2.1 INCHES OF RAIN.
RETRANSMISSION TESTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
609 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM 3 S GOLVA ND .88 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.NDZ009-017-280105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 702 PM CDT (602 PM MDT) WED JUN 27 2001 RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER PARTS OF WILLIAMS AN MCKENZIE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT). THUNDERSTORMS MAY DELEVOPE ANYTIME SO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MR
NDZ009-017-280105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 702 PM CDT (602 PM MDT) WED JUN 27 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT)... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT... RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER PARTS OF WILLIAMS AN MCKENZIE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT). THIS INCLUDES WATFORD CITY AND WILLISTON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DELEVOPE ANYTIME THIS EVENING SO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MR NNNN
NDZ001-009-017-280225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 826 PM CDT (726 PM MDT) WED JUN 27 2001 LIGHT RAIN WILL DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY BY AROUND 9 P|M CDT (8 PM MDT). HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) AND ANYONE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of 4.75 inches of rain fell in a 12 hour period of time resulting in culverts on the back roads washing out.
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, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5246422.