North Dakota, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 9, 2001

June 9, 2001 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • 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
$500
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 7:24 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:24 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
820 PM PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

FORECAST CONCERN IS ONGOING CONVECTION AND SEVERE THREAT

SFC LOW CURRENTLY IN WEST CENTRAL SD...WITH WARM FRONT ARCING
NORTHEAST INTO SE ND INTO CENTRAL ND. CAPES TO 3500 IN CENTRAL ND
INTO SOUTHEAST ND ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF WARMFRONT...WITH SFC
DEWPOINTS NEAR 65. CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST ND IN WATCH 385 IS HAVING
TROUBLE DEVELOPING...AS DRIER 850MB AIR REMAINS AS CONVECTION TO
SOUTH TAPS DEEPER MOISTURE. AS 50KT 500MB SPEED MAX AND 250MB
DIVERGENCE MOVE TO NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND 06Z...THIS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO AID CONVECTION AS IT THEN MOVES EAST INTO MN
ZONES AFTER 06Z. WITH 850 THETA E INCREASING TO AROUND 340K...AND
STRENGTH OF UPPER VORT MAX AND CAPES TO AROUND 2000 J/KG SHOULD HELP
AID DEVELOPING BOW ECHO LATER TONIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE
ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL IS MAIN THREAT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN 1/3 OF
NEAR SFC WARMFRONT CLOSER TO HIGHER SFC DEWPOINTS.

.FGF...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST ND UNTIL 11
PM...TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ND UNTIL 11 PM.

KELLENBENZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:03 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-100405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
903 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385 FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
WILL BE CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT WILL BE CANCELLED. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.

DJK

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sargent

When
June 9, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Sargent County, Cogswell
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.100, -97.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Sargent

When
June 9, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Sargent County, Cogswell
Property damage
$500
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.100, -97.783

Branches were blown down.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5251280, 5251281.