North Dakota, 2001

High Wind in North Dakota, May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001 · NWS BIS · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A strong low pressure system over southern Canada brought a strong winds to western and central North Dakota. The windsquickly subsided during the afternoon hours.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 happened

The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.

A strong low pressure system over southern Canada brought a strong winds to western and central North Dakota. The windsquickly subsided during the afternoon hours.

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 7, 2:15 AM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:15 AM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
315 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2001

THE MODELS ARE NOW CLOSING OFF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH FURTHER
NORTH...AND FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. HOWEVER...COLD AIR ALOFT
AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE
CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW ALOFT AND A DEEP MIXING
LAYER WILL INSURE A WINDY DAY ALSO.

STRONG WARM ADVECTION COUPLED WITH DRIER AIR WILL BRING A SUNNY AND
WARMER DAY TO THE REGION TUESDAY.

WILL USE AVIATION MOS FOR THE LOWS TONIGHT...IT APPEARS TO HAVE A
BETTER TRACK RECORD....BUT IN GENERAL THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO MOS PRODUCTS (NGM/AVN).

.BIS...NONE.
RSL

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Adams

When
May 7, 9:38 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Adams forecast zone
Measured
47 kt (54 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.097, -102.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stutsman

When
May 7, 11:18 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Stutsman forecast zone
Measured
37 kt (43 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.979, -98.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Burleigh

When
May 7, 1:02 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Burleigh forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.977, -100.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stark

When
May 7, 1:02 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Stark forecast zone
Measured
48 kt (55 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.811, -102.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Williams

When
May 7, 1:18 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Williams forecast zone
Measured
44 kt (51 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
48.344, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, McLean

When
May 7, 1:39 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
McLean forecast zone
Measured
44 kt (51 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, May 2001

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: 5243164, 5243168, 5243165, 5243167, 5243169, 5243166.