1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 31, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002 A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT SETTING OFF SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ON THURSDAY I EXPECT A BROKEN CU DECK TO FORM IN THE NORTH AND A SCATTERED ONE IN THE SOUTH AS THE COLD SURFACE HIGH BEARS DOWN ON THE STATE. WE SHOULD SEE LOWS IN THE 40S THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A WARM UP BEGINNING ON FRIDAY. IN THE LONGER TERM...A QUASI STATIONARY LONG WAVE TROUGH ON THE WEST COAST WILL SET THE STAGE FOR AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER STARTING SATURDAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS EXPECTED PATTERN WILL FEATURE A PERSISTENT EAST/WEST BOUNDARY OVER SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A GOOD MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH DAKOTA. .BIS...NONE. RSL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
457 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 4 W BANTRY ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 MCHENRY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. NICKEL TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
530 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 11 N MAX ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/31/02 WARD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0524 PM RUGBY ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 PIERCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
DIME SIZE HAIL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
624 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM 15 S MINOT ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/31/02 WARD REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. 60 MPH GUSTS
AND .25 HAIL.
0535 PM RUGBY ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 PIERCE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0536 PM 4 NE RUGBY ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 PIERCE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0605 PM 15 W GARRISON ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 MCLEAN REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0615 PM 3 E (MIB)MINOT AFB ND WIND DAMAGE
07/31/02 WARD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. 6 BRANCHES
DOWN, AND A GUSTY WIND
SHOOK THE HOUSE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED 615 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
644 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM 15 S MINOT ND 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/31/02 WARD REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. 60 MPH GUSTS
AND .25 HAIL.
0535 PM RUGBY ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 PIERCE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0536 PM 4 NE RUGBY ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 PIERCE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0605 PM 15 W GARRISON ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02 MCLEAN REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0615 PM 13 SSE MINOT ND WIND DAMAGE
07/31/02 WARD REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. 6 BRANCHES
DOWN, AND A GUSTY WIND
SHOOK THE HOUSE.The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports by a NWS cooperative observer and newspaper of damage to buildings and downed power lines. Several crop fields wiped out by wind and hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2002
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: 5309994.