Thunderstorm Wind, Sioux
- When
- July 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County, 35 mi SW of Porcupine
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 45.850, -100.633
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 26, 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 26, 1:00 PM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:00 PM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 200 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2002 MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH EARLY PERIODS WITH NO BIG CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST PACKAGE. BROAD AREA LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN PLAINS/CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES DEEPENING THROUGH PERIOD. SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH COLD FRONT DROPPPING SOUTH EARLY SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE ONGOING SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL RIPPLES THROUGH SUNDAY. SUNDAY COOLER AS NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. MID LEVEL TROUGH LIFTS NORTH INTO NUNAVUT AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH FAST ZONAL TO WEST NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING. CWA IN RIGHT EXIT REGION OF JET THROUGH TUESDAY WITH STRONG RIDGING DEVELOPING LATE IN WEEK. AVN/MRF HAVE SEVERAL RIPPLES IN FAST FLOW ALONG SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF ZONAL FLOW ON WED AND THU BUT WILL NOT CHANGE DRY EXTENDED AT THIS TIME AS TIMING WILL BE DIFFICULT. .BIS...NONE. HW
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:23 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
- Heat in Missouri, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 26, 2002
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 26, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 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: 5303450.