North Dakota, 2002

Hail in North Dakota, June 23, 2002

June 23, 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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  • 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 23, 12:00 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:00 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002

UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA WILL BRING US ONE MORE DAY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE IN
NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA PROVIDING LIFT...ALONG WITH LARGE SCALE ASCENT
WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.

THE ARRIVAL OF SOME H5 RIDGING MONDAY...ALONG WITH SOME DEGREE OF
LOW LEVEL DRYING WOULD SUGGEST A SUNNY DRY DAY. HOWEVER...PROG
SOUNDINGS INDICATE  1000+ CAPES WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 88
DEGREES AT BISMARCK...IF WE CAN HOLD A 60 DEWPOINT (RECENT RAINS MAY
INCREASE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION). ETA AND NGM MOS SUGGEST THAT BOTH
CRITERIA WILL BE MET...SO I WILL INCLUDE A CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL...BUT NOT IN THE
WEST...WHERE DEWPOINTS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 50S...PRECLUDING
CONVECTION.

THE LONGER RANGE FEATURES MAJOR H5 RIDGING...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME
HOT WEATHER FINALLY. WEAK RIPPLES IN THE RIDGE MAY BE ENOUGH FOR
ISOLATED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.BIS...NONE.
RSL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:56 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

456 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    2 SW NEW HRADEC           ND   1 INCH HAIL

06/23/02   DUNN                           REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.  RAINFALL .60

                                          IN 20 MINUTE PERIOD.

0356 PM    TAYLOR                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL

06/23/02   STARK                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

                                          OPERATOR. RAINFALL  .37

                                          IN A 10 MINUTE PERIOD.

0447 PM    HEBRON                    ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

06/23/02   MORTON                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER. VERY HEAVY

                                          RAIN REPORTED WITH THE

                                          STORM AND 30 TO 40 MPH

                                          WINDS.

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Morton

When
June 23, 4:33 PM CST
Where
Morton County, 10 mi N of Glen Ullin
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.967, -101.833

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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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5303133.