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, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 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, 3:09 PM CST, 1 hour 31 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.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:24 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

424 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 PM    4 N MEDINA                ND   TORNADO

08/11/02   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. A

                                          100 FOOT WIDE TORNADO

                                          REPORTED BY THE HIGHWAY

                                          PATROL. SEPERATE FROM

                                          THE PREVIOUS TORNADO.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:26 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

426 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    6 N CLEVELAND             ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/11/02   STUTSMAN                       REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

                                          THE HIGHWAY PATROL

                                          REPORTED DIME AND

                                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:28 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

428 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    NAPOLEON                  ND   .88 INCH HAIL

08/11/02   LOGAN                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 4:19 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

519 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    3 W MC HENRY              ND   65 MPH TSTM GUST

08/11/02   FOSTER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE

                                          OBSERVER. ALSO REPORTED

                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 4:19 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME 0345 PM TO 0445 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
519 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

0445 PM    3 W MC HENRY              ND   65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   FOSTER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER. ALSO REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stutsman

When
August 11, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Stutsman County, Medina
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.883, -99.300

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: 5310430.