Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 29, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 29, 2002
Start: 2002-07-29T22:35
End: 2002-07-29T23:00
Location: North Dakota

July 29, 2002 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 7:55 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:55 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
855 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS PRECIPITATION. CURRENT SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS SOME MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER PRIMARILY OVER ND PARTS OF
AREA. KMVX HAS ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN SE ND AND
OTHERS SHOWERS MOVING TOWARDS DVL AREA. WHEN LOOKING AT MODEL
INITIALIZATION CONDITIONS AS COMPARED TO MSAS DATA...AVN AND ETA
BOTH CLOSE. LATEST MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS SFC LOW IN CENTRAL SD
WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM SE SASK INTO NE ND. MSAS
SHOWS BEST INSTABILITY REMAINING IN SE ND WITH LIFTED INDICES TO -6.
HOWEVER...BEST SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN MOVING OUT
OF THIS AREA INTO NE SD. ALREADY UPDATED FORECAST FOR ISOLATED
SHOWERS IN SE ND. WITH INSTABILITY AXIS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
SE THROUGH THE EVENING...CURRENT FORECAST STILL IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE. CONSEQUENTLY...NO ADDITIONAL UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

.FGF...NONE.

NG

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:33 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pembina

When: July 29, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Pembina County, 7 mi NW of Cavalier
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.867, -97.733

Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina

When: July 29, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Pembina County, 2 mi NW of Hamilton
Property damage: $200
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.817, -97.483

Two trees were blown down.

Hail, Cavalier

When: July 29, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Cavalier County, 8 mi NE of Vang
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.983, -98.000

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5308490, 5308491, 5308492.