Hail, Ward
- When
- August 27, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County, 6 mi SW of Kenmare
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -102.183
Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 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 27, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 250 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002 A CONCERN EXISTS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW IS STRONGEST WITH DEEP VERTICAL SHEAR. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE SHARPLY LATE TONIGHT AS THE WESTERN UPPER TROUGH SHEARS OFF WITH THE NORTHERN BRANCH MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MANITOBA. A SHORT DRY PERIOD IS LIKELY WED AND WED NIGHT...BUT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWEST IN ADVANCE OF A DIGGING WEST COAST TROUGH. FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST...SHORT WAVES IN A SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS THEN SHOW THE MAIN ENERGY SHIFTING NORTH INTO CANADA AS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS IN CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN. THE MRF DEPICTS DRY PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE ENTERING THE REGION MONDAY. .BIS...NONE. LM
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
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, August 27 to 28, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 27, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 27, 2002
- Hail in Colorado, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 2002
More
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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: 5310229.