Hail in North Dakota, August 25, 2002

Name: Hail in North Dakota, August 25, 2002
Start: 2002-08-25T19:15
End: 2002-08-25T19:15
Location: North Dakota

August 25, 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 25, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
245 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002

A WEAK TROUGH ALOFT WILL LIKELY GENERATE SINGLE CELLED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SLOW MOVEMENT IN MAX HEATING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE BEST CHANCE IS IN NORTHWEST ND NEAR THE TROUGHS AXIS. A WEAK
VORTICITY LOBE ROTATING AROUND THE NOSE OF THE TROUGH WILL INCREASE
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDNIGHT. THEN THE FLOW
WILL BECOME WESTERLY OVER ND AS THE DEEPEST PART OF THE TROUGH MOVES
INTO CANADA. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND SHORT WAVES ALOFT
WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FAVORABLE
SHEAR IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF FORECAST AREA LATE
MONDAY TO BRING A CHANCE OF STRONG ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. THE
UPPER FLOW TILTS SOUTHWEST TUESDAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WEAK
INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH.

FOR EXTENDED PERIOD...THE MRF MAINTAINS A PERSISTENT UPPER SOUTHWEST
FLOW WITH A CONTINUING SERIES OF SHORT WAVES. A SOUTHERLY SURFACE
FLOW WILL ALSO HELP KEEP DEWPOINTS ABOVE 50 DEG FOR A CHANCE OF MORE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.BIS...NONE.
LM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:56 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

NDZ009-017-252350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
552 PM CDT (452 PM MDT) SUN AUG 25 2002

AT 550 PM CDT (450 PM MDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON TO 51
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON MOVING TOWARDS WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE
COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO DEVELOPED IN MCKENZIE COUNTY 6
MILES SOUTH OF ARNEGARD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES.

THOMSON

Local storm report, Aug 25, 5:38 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

638 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0553 PM    4 N PORTAL                ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/25/02   BURKE                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:03 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

NDZ009-017-260100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
702 PM CDT (602 PM MDT) SUN AUG 25 2002

AT 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES...STRETCHING
ROUGHLY FROM BONETRAIL TO GRASSY BUTTE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS
OVER THE NEXT HOUR. USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS WHERE MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

THOMSON

Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:09 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

809 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    BOWBELLS                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/25/02   BURKE                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE

                                          OBSERVER.

Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:12 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

812 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0745 PM    KENMARE                   ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/25/02   WARD                           REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:13 PM CST, 2 minutes before

NDZ001-009-260215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
813 PM CDT (713 PM MDT) SUN AUG 25 2002

AT 810 PM CDT (710 PM MDT) LOCAL RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILLIAMS COUNTY...STRETCHING
ROUGHLY FROM BONETRAIL TO TIOGA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH AND WILL SOON MOVE INTO SOUTHERN DIVIDE COUNTY. SMALL
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. USE
CAUTION IF OUTDOORS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS WHERE MINOR
FLOODING MAY OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

THOMSON

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Renville

When: August 25, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Renville County, 6 mi NE of Tolley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.800, -101.717

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, August 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: 5310210.