Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 3, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T23:15
End: 2002-07-03T23:15
Location: North Dakota

July 3, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 3, 2:40 PM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:40 PM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
340 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

CURRENT TREND CONTINES TO SLOW THE MOVEMENT OF TEH SURFACE TROUGH IN
MONTANA AND SLOWLY BRING THE COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. MAIN
CONCERN FOR LIMITING THE EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MID
LEVEL WARM AIR OVER SOUTHERN ND. FOR TONIGHT...ACCEPT THE ETA
SOLUTION IN KEEPING THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WILL MENTION DAMAGING WINDS. ON
THURSDAY...EXPECT DYING MCS TYPE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTH IN THE
MORNING THEN MORE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING. SLOWLY MOVING COLD
FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY...WITH BETTER CHANCE NORTH. BY SATURDAY...HIGHS PRESSURE
WILL CLEAR THE REGION OF THE CHANCE FOR RAIN. DRY WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS 500 MB RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS
ACROSS THE WESTERN US. ALTHOUGH THE STATE WILL BE IN NORTHWEST FLOW
WITH SOME LIMITED SHORTWAVE ENERGY DURING THIS PERIOD...WILL KEEP
THE FORECAST DRY.

.BIS...NONE.
WAA

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 204 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:12 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bowman

When: July 3, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Bowman County, 12 mi SE of Bowman
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.067, -103.217

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

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: 5304186.