Thunderstorm Wind, Morton
- When
- August 8, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, New Salem
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.850, -101.417
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 8, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 8, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 250 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002 A COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST THROUGH A MOIST AIR MASS OVER ND. ALSO SHORT WAVES AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH WILL ADD INSTABILITY TO ALREADY HIGH CAPES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ND THIS EVENING...AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SUPER CELL STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN SEEMS THE MAIN THREAT OVER THE NORTH SINCE ETA MODEL SHOWS 1000-500 MB RH ABOVE 70 PERCENT. THE CURRENT FRONTAL POSITION EXTENDS FROM EAST OF MINOT THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAIN NORTH ALONG SLOWLY MOVING NORTH/SOUTH LINES TO CAUSE ANOTHER CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH OVER WESTERN MONTANA WILL BECOME A CLOSED LOW THIS EVENING AND MOVE EAST AND BE CENTERED IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE MOVES EAST OUT OF THE REGION SATURDAY...BUT ANOTHER LARGER TROUGH DIVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR A RENEWED CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE EXTENDED FORCAST WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NORTHWEST FLOW WITH A REDUCED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. .BIS...NONE. LM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:58 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 545 PM CDT (440 PM MDT) THU AUG 8 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 540 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR WOLF POINT TO NEAR WIBAUX MONTANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY. TROTTERS IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS. THEY WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AND CROSSING HIGHWAY 16 IN RURAL WESTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY. IF STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE. JP MARTIN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:22 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 620 PM CDT (520 PM MDT) THU AUG 8 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA... AT 620 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE ALONG THE MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA BORDER...BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND INTERSTATE 94. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLISTON...ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER BETWEEN FAIRVIEW AND CARTWRIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST IN THE WILLISTON AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. IF STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA GET INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JP MARTIN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NDZ025-037-048-051-090015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002 ...NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES OLD ONE IN A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 585 UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WATCH 584 IN STUTSMAN... EDDY...LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES. RSL
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:20 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-090130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 720 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... AT 720 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR FORTUNA...TO THE WILLISTON AREA...TO NEAR WATFORD CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLISTON. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER...IF STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA GET INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CROSBY...TIOGA...KEENE...AND THE WEST PART OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. JP MARTIN
Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:47 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND ...CORRECTED REPORT...
747 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0741 PM 25 E HETTINGER ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 ADAMS REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Aug 8, 7:18 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
818 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 25 W SELFRIDGE ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 SIOUX REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flood in North Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 2002
- Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 8, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 8, 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: 5310001.