Thunderstorm Wind, Norman
- When
- June 8, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Norman County, 3 mi N of Ada
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -96.517
A 75 mph wind gust was reported, which caused some roof damage.
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 8, 2002
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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 7:55 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:55 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 855 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002 FORECAST CONCERNS OVERNIGHT REMAIN FOCUSED ON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AND HEAVY RAINFALL .CURRENT OVERVIEW... 01Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING CYCLONE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING WITH INVERTED TROF EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN MONTANA. LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THIS FEATURE. WARM FRONT FROM THE PARENT CYCLONE CONTINUES OVER EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA. SFC DEW POINTS JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT RAPIDLY CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 60S. THE DEW POINT GRADIENT REMAINS SHARP TO THE NORTH WITH LOWER 40S REMAINING OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .SHORT TERM... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS 50+KT LOW LEVEL JET LIFTS 340K 850 MB THETA-E AIR OVER THE WARM FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. 00Z ABR SOUNDING HAS A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 1.5 INCHES...THUS FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE SET OFF TONIGHT. CURRENT ZONE SET LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE SO NO AMENDMENT PLANNED FOR WORDING. UPDATES FOR SPC WATCH BOX HEADLINES WILL DONE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. .FGF...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. BRAMER
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:13 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
- Winter Storm in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flood in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Hail in North Dakota, June 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 2002
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2002
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: 5300925.