1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 6 hours 46 minutes earlier.
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
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.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.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
830 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0820 PM 10 SE CARSON ND 69 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 GRANT REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. GUST RECORDED
ON WIND EQUIPMENT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
841 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0828 PM NEW SALEM ND 59 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 MORTON REPORTED BY APRS
EQUIPMENT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
849 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM FLASHER ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 MORTON REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
919 PM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM LINTON ND NON TSTM WINDS
08/08/02 EMMONS 50 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
SMALL BRANCES DOWN.
0905 PM STRASBURG ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 EMMONS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. SOME LARGE
BRANCHES DOWN.
0906 PM 10 SW GARRISON ND 70 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02 MCLEAN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
ESTIMATED WIND 70 MPH
SHOCK THE HOUSE.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Marble size hail accompanied the storm. Numerous trees and branches down. Moderate to severe damage to crops.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, August 2002
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: 5310008.