North Dakota, 2001

Funnel Cloud in North Dakota, May 31, 2001

May 31, 2001 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 May 31, 2:23 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:23 PM CST, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
323 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE TSRA THIS EVENING...AND LINGERING
SHOWERS FRIDAY...

TSRA ERUPTING JUST AHEAD OF SURFACE TROF FROM NORTHEAST THRU
SOUTH CENTRAL ND INTO CENTRAL SD THIS AFTERNOON. BEST INSTABILITY
LIES ALONG THIS BOUNDRY. THE INSTABILITY BOUNDRY SHIFTS EAST OF
THE CWA BY 00Z THIS EVENING THUS ENDING THE SEVERE THREAT OVER OUR
CWA. MEANWHILE MODELS SLOWER EJECTING SHORT WAVE SOUTHWARD ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW OVER CANADA FRIDAY. AS H5 COOL POOL
MOVES THRU EASTERN CWA WILL SEE MORE CLOUDS AND SCATTERED -SHRA
OVER THE EASTERN AREAS FRIDAY MORNING. GOOD SUBSIDENCE WILL FOLLOW
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS.

H5 RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. STRONG
SHORT WAVE CUTTING INTO THE RIDGE IN CENTRAL MT/WY SATURDAY NIGHT.
(THIS FEATURE IS ALSO SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS.) SHORT WAVE ENERGY
MOVES INTO WESTERN DAKS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT MOVING ACROSS THE CWA
SUNDAY. THE AVN AT 90HRS THRU 102HRS SHOWING CLOSED LOW MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN SD. THIS WOULD INDICATE FAIRLY GOOD PRECIP NORTH OF THE
LOW..ACROSS SOUTHERN ND MONDAY.

SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AS H5 RIDGE APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST.

.BIS...NONE.
RGT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 1:29 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

229 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0129 PM    3 W MC HENRY              ND   .5 INCH HAIL

05/31/01   FOSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0129 PM    5 WNW LINTON              ND   .5 INCH HAIL

05/31/01   EMMONS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0129 PM    8 N LINTON                ND   .5 INCH HAIL

05/31/01   EMMONS                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

NNNN
Local storm report, May 31, 1:34 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
234 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2001

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

0129 PM    3 W MC HENRY              ND   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   FOSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0220 PM    5 WNW LINTON              ND   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   EMMONS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0225 PM    8 N LINTON                ND   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   EMMONS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0234 PM    JAMESTOWNr                 ND   .25 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICAL.

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The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Stutsman

When
May 31, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Stutsman County, 5 mi SE of Jamestown Arpt
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.979, -98.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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: 5243159.