North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, August 30, 2002

August 30, 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 30, 1:40 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:40 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
240 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002

MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA MOVING NORTHEAST. FIRST S/W OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH
CLEARING OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
CONVECTION ALREADY STARTING TO BUBBLE ALONG CLEARING LINE WHERE VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS GETTING BEST SOLAR HEATING. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. SECOND S/W TO CWA THIS
EVENING WITH CONVECTION TIMED TO END TONIGHT AND RECOMMENCE AGAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH NEXT SERIES OF SMALLER SHORT WAVES. SURFACE
FEATURES STALL OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL THESE FEATURES FINALLY
PUSH FRONT OUT OF OUR REGION SUNDAY.

IN EXTENDED PORTION WILL CONTINUE DRY FOR LABOR DAY AND TUESDAY. PUSH
BACK NEXT PREICPITATION UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY
THEN ADD A DRY FRIDAY AS PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION.

.BIS...NONE.
HW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 30, 5:08 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

608 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0556 PM    3 S CENTER                ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/30/02   OLIVER                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0600 PM    10 SE CENTER              ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/30/02   OLIVER                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Aug 30, 6:14 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

714 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0707 PM    MANDAN                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/30/02   MORTON

0711 PM    (BIS)BISMARCK MUNI ARPT   ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/30/02   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY

                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.
Local storm report, Aug 30, 6:30 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

730 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0722 PM    10 NE CENTER              ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/30/02   OLIVER                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burleigh

When
August 30, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Burleigh County, 1 mi SW of (Bis)bismarck Muni A
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
46.767, -100.767

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: 5310314.