Hail, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 7 mi W of Bantry
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -100.750
Hail in North Dakota, August 26, 2002
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
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 26, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 245 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002 A CONCERN FOR THE SHORT RANGE IS THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL TONIGHT. AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WARM ADVECTION LIFT IN LOWER LAYERS. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED IN SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN WILL RESULT IN SOUTHWEST FLOW PLUS A SHORT WAVE ENTERING SOUTH CENTRAL ND THIS EVENING. ALSO...THE RESULTANT SHEAR SUGGESTS CHANCE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE TROUGH PERSISTS WITH WEAKENING FLOW ALOFT. THEN...A DRY RESPITE IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER FLOW SPLITS AND A SURFACE HIGH BRINGS WEAK COLD ADVECTION. FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...THE AVN MODEL SHOWS A RETURN TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH TRAINING SHORT WAVES...PLUS INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE MRF CONTINUES THE UPPER SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO THE WEEKEND AS A TROUGH DIGS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. THIS MOIST PATTERN MAY FINALLY BREAK LATE MONDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH ROTATES EAST THROUGH CANADA. .BIS...NONE. LM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:08 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
508 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM KENMARE ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 WARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:16 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
516 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 2 N BREMEN ND .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 WELLS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:24 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
524 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 10 SW FESSENDEN ND 1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 WELLS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:21 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
621 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 5 NW GRANO ND .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 RENVILLE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0615 PM DRAKE ND .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 MCHENRY REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 9 NE DRAKE ND .88 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 MCHENRY REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0635 PM LANSFORD ND .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 BOTTINEAU REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:04 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
704 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0649 PM GLENBURN ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 RENVILLE REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in Wyoming, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 26, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 2002
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5310226.