Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- June 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Zap
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.283, -101.917
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 9, 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 Jun 9, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001 TSTM THREAT MAIN FCST PRBLM. MODELS QUITE SMLR AT H5...BUT HAVE GENLY FLWD AVN. SGFNT SVR TSTM THREAT CONTS FOR CWA TNGT. 18Z BIS SOUNDING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WI CAPE TO 2800 AND LI TO -8. CONVECTION IN NWRN ND SHUD CONT TO DVLP SEWD ALG INSTABILITY AXIS THAT EXTENDS TO SE OF BIS. DEWPTS TO 65F AND LI'S TO -8 ON MSAS. THIS APPEARS TO BE FOCUS POINT FOR SVR POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME. MORE WDSPRD CONVECTION WILL MOVE ACRS NRN PTNS CWA WI UPR LVL SYSTM. HWVR...INSTABILITY AND MSTR NOT QUITE AS HIGH. IN BETWEEN SYSTMS SUNDAY...WI ANTHR GUD CHC OF TSTMS SUN NITE AND INTO MON MRNG. HWVR...LESS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. IN THE LONGER TERM...SHORT BREAK FOR MONDAY BEFORE UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVS INTO THE NRN PLAINS AND CAMPS OUT THRU THU. WET CONDS WI BLO NORM TEMPS WILL COVER CWA. CONDS SHUD RETURN MORE TOWARD NORMAL BY iFRI/SAT NEXT WEEK. .BIS...NONE FORS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:37 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
NDZ009-017-091940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 137 PM CDT (1237 PM MDT) SAT JUN 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT)... AT 137 PM CDT (1237 PM MDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTY...STRETCHING FROM BUFORD SOUTH TO TROTTERS. THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THOMSON
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:58 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-092035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 258 PM CDT (158 PM MDT) SAT JUN 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT (6PM MDT)... A NORTH-SOUTH LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN DIVIDE COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LIGHTNING...WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. SOME AREAS THAT CAN EXPECT TO BE AFFECTED ARE THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK (NORTH UNIT)... AND LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK. MR
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-092035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 258 PM CDT (158 PM MDT) SAT JUN 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT)... ...AMENDED FOR TIMING... A NORTH-SOUTH LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN DIVIDE COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. SOME AREAS THAT CAN EXPECT TO BE AFFECTED ARE THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK (NORTH UNIT)...AND LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 330 PM CDT AT THESE LOCATIONS. MR
Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:04 PM CST, 41 minutes before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM 7 NNE FAIRFIELD ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 BILLINGS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0400 PM 10 S MANNING ND 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 DUNN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:15 PM CST, 30 minutes before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM ALKABO ND .88 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 DIVIDE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0330 PM ALKABO ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 DIVIDE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0410 PM 10 S MANNING ND 58 MPH TSTM AGUST
06/09/01 DUNN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 3:40 PM CST, 5 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-092240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 440 PM CDT (340 PM MDT) SAT JUN 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND TORNADO WATCH FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT)... AT 440 PM CDT (340 PM CDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND A LINE FROM NOONAN TO TROTTERS MOVING EASTWARD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THOMSON
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 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
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More
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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: 5247704.