North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, June 14, 2002

June 14, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Jun 14, 2:30 PM CST, 7 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:30 PM CST, 7 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

FORECAST CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WEAK
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MAINLY BE CONFINED TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE
STATE WHERE CAPE VALUES OF 1500 ARE PRESENT.

AFTER SUNSET MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD SUBSIDE LEAVING
A BAND OF SCT/BKN MID CLOUDS ALONG FRONTAL ZONE. THIS FEATRURE WILL
REMAIN OVER WRN ND AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES THROUGH TEH
REGION. MODELS GENERALLY HAVE THIS FORECAST WELL. HAVE GENERALLY
FOLLOWED THE AVN FOR DRIDDED DATA.

FOR NEXT WEEK...WARM WEATHJER LIKELY MINDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH CHC
THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.BIS...NONE
WAAT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

830 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0812 PM    4 N STANLEY               ND   1 INCH HAIL

06/14/02   MOUNTRAIL                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.

0824 PM    2 N STANLEY               ND   1.25 INCH HAIL

06/14/02   MOUNTRAIL                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:54 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

854 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0743 PM    4 N POWERS LAKE           ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/14/02   BURKE                          REPORTED BY FIRE AND

                                          RESCUE.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:23 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1023 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0939 PM    11 S PLAZA                ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/14/02   MOUNTRAIL                      REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER. EVENT DURATION

                                          2 MINUTES.

0940 PM    6 E PARSHALL              ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/14/02   MOUNTRAIL                      REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mercer

When
June 14, 9:58 PM CST
Where
Mercer County, 3 mi SW of Hazen
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.267, -101.683

What these are

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

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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: 5303051.