North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, August 11, 2002

August 11, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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

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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 Aug 11, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
230 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

CONCERNS ARE NORTHWARD EXTENT OF SEVERE CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS BEHIND COLD
FRONT.

STRONG MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS CWA AND FORECAST TO
MOVE TO THE EAST AND STRENGTHEN. AT SURFACE PREFRONTAL TROUGH NOW
THORUGH BISMARCK WITH COLD FRONT WEST OF KMOT...KN60 TO KD06 IN SOUTH
DAKOTA. CONVECTION FIRING RAPIDLY BETWEEN TROUGH AND COLDFRONT. SEVERE
CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST BUT CLOUD COVER NORTH OF KN60 TO KDVL LINE
WILL LIMIT AVAILABLE ENERGY FOR SEVERE CONVECTION. TO THE SOUTH 60+ TDS
PULLED NORTH AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. CAPES
OF 2000 J/KG FROM 18Z GOES SOUNDERS OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. WILL
LIKELY BE ABLE TO CUT KBIS ZONE GROUP OUT OF SEVERE THREAT BEFORE ZONE
DEADLINES. SOUTHEAST ZONES WILL CONTINUE UNDER THREAT.

REST OF AFD POSPONED DUE TO DEVELOPING CONVECTION.

.BIS...NONE.
HW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:45 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

345 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0344 PM    5 NE MEDINA               ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/11/02   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY MEDIA.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:06 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

406 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    5 NW LINTON               ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

08/11/02   EMMONS                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER. ALSO PEA SIZE

                                          HAIL. EVENT DURATION 5

                                          MINUTES.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:09 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

409 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    5 N MEDINA                ND   TORNADO

08/11/02   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

                                          TORNADO DESCRIBED AS

                                          BEING LARGE.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stutsman

When
August 11, 3:20 PM CST
Where
Stutsman County, 6 mi N of Cleveland
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.967, -99.117

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5310100.