1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 4, 2:00 AM CST, 23 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002 CURRENTLY...MCS TRACKING EAST OVER WEST CENTRAL ND WITH ONLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED SO FAR. CONVECTION SHOULD END THIS MORNING THEN REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF WEAK TROUGH AND SHORT WAVE ENERGY CUTS THROUGH THE REGION...APPEARS BEST CHANCE WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL CWA. MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND RFD TODAY. MODEL TREND IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY WITH RIPPLES MOVING THROUGH UPPER FLOW. A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES INTO WESTERN ND FRIDAY EVENING THEN SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. GOOD NVA ON BACK SIDE AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS OVER EASTERN MT AND WESTERN ND. THROUGH THE WEEKEND BROAD WARM H5 RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION WITH 591-594 HEIGHTS. EXTENDED LOOKS GOOD. .BIS...NONE. RGT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1046 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2002
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0543 PM REGENT ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 HETTINGER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees bent over and numerous tree branches broken off.
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