North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 2002

August 27, 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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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, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

531 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0440 PM    6 SW KENMARE              ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

08/27/02   WARD                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 4:49 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

549 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    8 S KENMARE               ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/27/02   WARD                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McHenry

When
August 27, 5:50 PM CST
Where
McHenry County, 3 mi SW of Balfour
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.917, -100.583

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

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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: 5310299.