Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 24, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Wishek
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -99.550
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 24, 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 Jul 24, 1:50 PM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:50 PM CST, 8 hours 10 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, 3 hours 5 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, 2 hours 9 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.Local storm report, Jul 24, 9:37 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1037 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM COLEHARBOR ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/02 MCLEAN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0917 PM 2 N CARSON ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/02 GRANT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1020 PM LINTON ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/02 EMMONS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 2002
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 2002
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 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: 5303449.