North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, August 25 to 26, 2002

August 25 to 26, 2002 · NWS FGF · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 Aug 25, 6:50 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:50 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
750 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2002

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...
00Z MSAS ANALYSIS DEPICTED RATHER BENIGN PRESSURE PATTERN OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH AXIS TO NORTHERN IOWA (WEAK
MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE) APPEARS TO BE THE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION EARLY THIS EVENING. LATEST WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY INDICATED PARENT 500MB LOW OVER MONTANA SHEARING EAST
TOWARDS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER REGION
MODERATELY UNSTABLE PER REVIEW OF SURFACE BASED LIS...HOWEVER LACK
OF STRONG LOW LEVEL FORCING OR UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT LACKING FACTOR
FOR GOOD CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME.

.FORECAST DETAILS...
WILL KEEP INHERITED LOW CONVECTIVE POP ACROSS WESTERN COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT AS BETTER UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OUT WEST FINALLY ENTERS
INTO THE PICTURE...HOWEVER I AM BEGINNING TO HAVE MY DOUBTS THAT
CONVECTION MAKES IT AS FAR EAST AS THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY MORNING.
WILL AWAIT NEW MODEL DATA AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR OBSERVATIONAL
TRENDS BEFORE PASSING FINAL VERDICT.

.FGF...NONE

BERG

The radar

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

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Benson

When
August 25, 11:40 PM CST
Where
Benson County, 4 mi S of Leeds
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.233, -99.433

Hail, Benson

When
August 26, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Benson County, Minnewaukan
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.067, -99.250

Hail, Benson

When
August 26, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Benson County, Minnewaukan
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.067, -99.250

Hail, Ramsey

When
August 26, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Ramsey County, 3 mi SW of Devils Lake
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
48.067, -98.900

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5317539, 5317540, 5317541, 5317542.