North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, August 23, 2002

August 23, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 23, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
245 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002

MAIN FORECAST CHALLANGES TONIGHT WILL BE REDEVELOPMENT OF FOG ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...BOTH ACROSS THE
NORTH WITH THE APPROACH OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT...AND ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST WHERE MONTANA/WYOMING/SOUTH DAKOTA ACTIVITY MAY DRIFT
LATER THIS EVENING. THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTH SHOULD BE ISOLATED
AND MAINLY FOR THE EVENING HOURS...WHILE THE SOUTHWEST STORMS MAY
LAST A FEW MORE HOURS INTO THE NIGHT. MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL
CONTINUE THE WEAK WINDFLOW ALOFT AND KEEP SURFACE AIR STAGNANT SO
AREAS OF FOG ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...
ALTHOUGH FOG MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD OR DENSE.

WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WYOMING/SOUTHEASTERN
MONTANA IN WEAK DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT. UNSTABLE AIR MAY EXTEND INTO
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE DENSE FOG DID NOT FORM LAST NIGHT.
WILL MRNTION ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS THIS EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH.

ON SATURDAY...SIMILAR WEATHER PATTERN SHOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
LATE AFTERNOON/NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN THIRD OF THE
STATE. AS PACIFIC NORTHWEST UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...SHOULD SEE BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL LEAVE CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EARLY EXTENDED PERIOD...MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...AS UPPER LOE CONTINUES TO CARVE A CYCLONIC FLOW PATTERN
OVER THE REGION. WILL KEEP THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PERIOD DRY.

.BIS...NONE
W ABELING

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ward

When
August 23, 3:15 PM CST
Where
Ward County, Carpio
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.450, -101.750

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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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: 5310203.