North Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 24, 2002

July 24, 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jul 24, 1:50 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:50 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
250 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT WAVE THAT WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE AVN IS A LOT FASTER...BUT WE BELIEVE THE SLOWER ETA
WHICH HAS BEEN MORE RELIABLE WITH SMALL IMPULSES THE LAST 2 DAYS.
UPPER FLOW BECOMES STRAIGHT NORTHWEST WITH DRYING BOUNDARY LAYER
LATER TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF PRECIP THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IS
WELL BELOW CLIMATOLOGY. A WESTERN TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS ND
THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MODELS SHOW A PRECEEDING SHORTWAVE ENTERING THE
REGION FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN
THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH ROTATES THROUGHT THE REGION. THEN THE MRF
FORECASTS A DRYER NORTHWEST FLOW FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.BIS...NONE.
LM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:55 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

755 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 PM    10 N GRASSY BUTTE         ND   1 INCH HAIL

07/24/02   MCKENZIE                       REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0725 PM    2 ENE GRASSY BUTTE        ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

07/24/02   MCKENZIE                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE

                                          OBSERVER.
Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:51 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

851 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0748 PM    HALLIDAY                  ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

07/24/02   DUNN                           REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0840 PM    HAZEN                     ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

07/24/02   MERCER                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0842 PM    HEBRON                    ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

07/24/02   MORTON                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McLean

When
July 24, 8:10 PM CST
Where
McLean County, Coleharbor
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.550, -101.217

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

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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: 5304291.