Thunderstorm Wind, La Moure
- When
- June 28, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- La Moure County, 6 mi W of Marion
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.600, -98.467
Several farm buildings either damaged or destroyed.
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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 28, 1:40 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:40 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002 MAIN FCST CONCERN TODAY WILL BE PSBL RECORD HIGH TEMPS ON SAT AND TSTMS SAT NIGHT. FOLLOWED AVN FOR DETAILS ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ETA AND AVN. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN BECOMING MORE PROGRESSIVE. CAP IS WELL IN PLACE AS CONV THAT DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ND AROUND 18Z WAS QUICKLY SQUASHED. WL BE QUITE UNSTABLE THIS EVNG WITH BEST BET OF ANY CONV ON EASTERN EDGE OF CAP BUT WL NOT MENTION TSTMS ATTIM. SAT WL BE ANOTHER SCORCHER AND CONSIDERING PLACEMENT OF SFC TROF...WL MENTION RECORD HIGHS BIS AND JMS. AS MENTIONED BY PREV FCST RECORD HIGHS FOR SAT ARE A BIT HIER ELSEWHERE AND NOT LIKELY TO BE REACHED. VIGOROUS AND QUICK MOVING TROF WL MOVE THROUGH SAT NITE AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH VERY DRY ATMS BHND TROF THROUGH SUN AND MON. LOOKING AT FCST SOUNDINGS...INVERTED V SIGNATURE AND HIGH WBZ... INDICATE STG WINDS WL BE MAIN SVR THREAT WITH CONV SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER WK TROF MOVES THROUGH CWA ON MONDAY BUT FAR ERN CWA LOOKS TO BE ONLY AREA WERE MOISTURE WL BE ABUNDANT ENOUGH FOR PCPN. FOR REMAINDER OF EXTENDED PD...WE SEE A RETURN TO A WETTER SCENERIO. WL KEEP CHC OF TRW TUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .BIS...NONE. TWH
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Michigan, June 28, 2002
- Rip Current in Alabama, June 28, 2002
- Flash Flood in New York, June 28, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 28, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Montana, June 28, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 28 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, June 2002
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: 5302021.