Lightning, La Moure
- When
- June 15, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- La Moure County, 11 mi SW of Edgeley
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.457, -98.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lighnting struck and destoyed a semi-truck in the city of Kulm.
Lightning Strike in North Dakota, June 15, 2002
1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:30 PM CST, 10 hours 55 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, 9:23 PM CST, 4 hours 2 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.Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:18 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1118 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1058 PM 3 SW HAZEN ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 MERCER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:37 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1137 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1109 PM 6 NW HANNOVER ND .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/02 OLIVER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. ACTUAL HAIL
SIZE REPORTED TO BE
BETWEEN DIME AND NICKLE
SIZE /0.75 TO 0.88/
INCH DIAMTER.Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
NDZ009-017-150515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1214 AM CDT (1114 PM MDT) SAT JUN 15 2002 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN DIVIDE AND NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES AND IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OUT OF DIVIDE AND THROUGH MCKENZIE COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. USE CAUTION TO ASSURE SAFETY DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. ASSID
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:16 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NDZ009-017-150715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1214 AM CDT (1114 PM MDT) SAT JUN 15 2002 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN DIVIDE AND NORTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTIES AND IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OUT OF DIVIDE AND THROUGH MCKENZIE COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. USE CAUTION TO ASSURE SAFETY DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. ASSID
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:23 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NDZ001-009-150715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1214 AM CDT (1114 PM MDT) SAT JUN 15 2002 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN DIVIDE AND NORTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES AND IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OUT OF DIVIDE AND THROUGH WILLIAMS COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. USE CAUTION TO ASSURE SAFETY DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. ASSID
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in New York, June 15, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 15 to 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15 to 16, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2002
More
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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: 5302023.