High Wind in North Dakota, November 1, 2001

Name: High Wind in North Dakota, November 1, 2001
Start: 2001-11-01T04:20
End: 2001-11-01T15:21
Location: North Dakota

November 1, 2001 · NWS FGF · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

The wind gusted as high as 47 mph. 5 miles north of Petersburg.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 FGF wrote it up.

The wind gusted as high as 47 mph. A 1.3 foot diameter tree trunk was snapped about 8 feet above the ground 1.5 miles north of Petersburg.

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 Nov 1, 2:05 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 2:05 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
205 AM CST THU NOV 1 2001

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE DEALS WITH POTENTIAL WIND EVENT AND
RESULTANT HEADLINES...

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...
07Z MSAS ANALYSIS DEPICTED DOUBLE BARREL LOW PRESSURE STRUCTURE
WITH CENTERS LOCATED OVER FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL
SASK PROVINCE. THE STRONGER LOW OVER SASK PROVINCE WAS CIRCULATING
WESTERLY FLOW FROM MONTANA INTO THE DAKOTAS. LATEST IR SATELLITE
IMAGERY AND KMVX RADAR INDICATED SOME SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY
LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS FROM THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH WEAKENING TREND NOTED DURING PAST COUPLE
OF HOURS.

...FORECAST DETAILS...
APPEARS PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER FOR SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT FOR
PARTS OF CWA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE ATTM SASK
PROVINCE SWINGS EASTWARD TODAY EXPECT WESTERLY GRADIENT TO INCREASE
SUBSTANTIALLY. DEVELOPING STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES COUPLED
WITH GOOD LINKAGE HOOKUP I.E. UNIDIRECTIONAL WESTERLY FLOW AND
STRONG Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE (STRONG SUBSIDENCE) SHOULD PUSH WINDS
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA...PER FORECASTED
SOUNDINGS. TRACK OF SURFACE LOW/VORTICITY CENTER SUGGESTS PORTION OF
CWA AT GREATEST RISK WOULD BE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A DEVILS LAKE
TO GRAND FORKS LINE. HOWEVER...AFTER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES HAVE OPTED FOR HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL NORTH DAKOTA
COUNTIES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. DUE TO SOME REMAINING UNCERTAINTY
FURTHER EAST IN MINNESOTA WILL LEAVE HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND LET DAY CREW INGEST FRESH 12Z MODEL
DATA BEFORE PASSING FINAL JUDGMENT. REMAINDER OF SENSIBLE WEATHER
LOOKS RATHER UNEVENTFUL INTO WEEKEND. AFTER LOW SCATTERED POP THREAT
TODAY EXPECT GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
NO CHANGES PLANNED TO EXTENDED ATTM. THANKS FOR YOUR VALUABLE
INSIGHT/COORDINATION THIS MORNING BIS...ABR...MSP AND DLH.

.FGF...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT FROM RED RIVER VALLEY AND
ADJACENT COUNTIES WEST. HIGH WIND WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FOR NON ADJACENT RED RIVER VALLEY MINNESOTA COUNTIES.

BERG

The radar

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Event by event

12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Benson

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Benson forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 48.069, -99.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ramsey

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Ramsey forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 48.269, -98.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Western Walsh

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Western Walsh forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Eastern Walsh

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Eastern Walsh forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Eddy

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Eddy forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.718, -98.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Nelson

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Nelson forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.922, -98.192 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Grand Forks

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Grand Forks forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.922, -97.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Griggs

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Griggs forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.457, -98.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Steele

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Steele forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 47.456, -97.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Barnes

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Barnes forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.936, -98.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ransom

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Ransom forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.456, -97.657 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sargent

When: November 1, 4:20 AM CST to 3:21 PM CST
Where: Sargent forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 46.108, -97.631 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, November 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: 5272717, 5272718, 5272719, 5272720, 5272721, 5272722, 5272723, 5272724, 5272725, 5272787, 5272788, 5272789.