Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 31, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 31, 2002
Start: 2002-08-31T20:00
End: 2002-08-31T20:00
Location: North Dakota

August 31, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 31, 1:15 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 1:15 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
215 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MID LEVEL ASCENT REGION WILL OVERTAKE THE
SURFACE TROUGH ROUGHLY FROM SIOUX COUNTY NORTHEAST TO DEVILS LAKE
AROUND 22Z...AT MAX HEATING. THIS SHOULD BE WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL FIRE UP. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE AS IT
MARCHES EAST. ALREADY...THE APPROACHING DISTURBANCE HAS SET OFF
MODERATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
STATE.

THE PASSAGE OF THIS SURFACE TROUGH WILL NOT HOWEVER BE THE END OF
THE CONVECTION THREAT THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AS A WEAK AND THEN A
MODERATELY STRONG SHORT WAVE FOLLOW IN SUCCESSION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE FEATURES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSHOWERS.

LABOR DAY MONDAY WILL FINALLY PRESENT A PLEASANTLY DRY NORTHWEST
SURFACE WIND...WITH SUNNY SKIES AS A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS UP OVER
THE ROCKIES.

.BIS...NONE.
RS LEBLANG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:33 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

633 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    3 SW ST JOHN              ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   ROLETTE                        REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0627 PM    1 W MANDAN                ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   MORTON                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:12 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

712 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0642 PM    BISMARCK                  ND   2 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0649 PM    3 N BISMARCK              ND   1.5 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY

                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Aug 31, 7:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

822 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0655 PM    ALMONT                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   MORTON                         EVENT DURATION 10

                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY

                                          COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.

0748 PM    7 W MANDAN                ND   .88 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   MORTON                         REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0752 PM    BISMARCK                  ND   1 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0753 PM    BISMARCK                  ND   2.5 INCH HAIL

08/31/02   BURLEIGH                       REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0805 PM    BISMARCK                  ND   URBAN FLOODING

08/31/02   BURLEIGH                       EVENT DURATION 20

                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY

                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

                                          STREETS AND OVERPASSES

                                          FILLING WITH WATER.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kidder

When: August 31, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Kidder County, 3 mi E of Steele
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 46.850, -99.833

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5310329.