Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- June 29, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, New Rockford
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.683, -99.133
Strong winds blew down trees in New Rockford.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 29 to 30, 2002
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $67,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 7:10 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 7:10 PM CST, 58 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 810 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR UPDATE CONCERNS RAIN CHANCES. SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT CONVECTION DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ND VCNTY SFC TROUGH/LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN ZONE OF FAVORED MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE FROM MSAS AND WHERE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES REALIZED. CONVECTION PROPAGATING NORTHEAST AND APPROACHING FAR NW FA. STRONG CAP EXISTS HOWEVER WITH APPROACHING WAVE WILL LIKELY SEE CONVECTION WORKING EAST SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE POPS AND INCLUDE SVR RISK OVER WESTERN COUNTIES WITH WATCH EXTENSION. FRONT PUSHES EAST TO RED RIVER OVERNIGHT BRINGING DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR TO AREAS WEST OF RED RIVER. EAST RIVER TO HAVE A SULTRY NIGHT WITH CURRENT DEWPOINTS RUNNING IN LOW TO MID 70S. CHANGES MINOR WITH MAINLY TSRA TIMING AND STRENGTH WITH WATCH. .FGF...NONE. VOELKER
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- June 29, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, Crary
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.067, -98.633
58 mph winds were measured by a NDAWN mesonet station.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- June 29, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Lankin
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 48.317, -97.917
Strong winds from a heat burst destroyed a metal pole barn and tossed it in some trees nearby. Three grain bins were damaged as well as a well and smoke house. Several trees in the yard were also flattened.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- June 29, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County, 3 mi W of Crystal
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -97.733
Large trees were blown down across highway 66. A rapid temperature rise was also noted.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- June 29, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Park River
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.400, -97.733
Trees were blown down in Park River.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- June 30, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, Grand Forks
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.917, -97.050
A 73 mph wind gust was measured by a Davis system on the south end of Grand Forks. Many trees were blown down and the temperature rose to 98 degrees at the same time.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnes
- When
- June 30, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 4 mi N of Valley City
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.967, -98.000
Trees were blown down north of Valley City.
Hail, Barnes
- When
- June 30, 2:05 AM CST to 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 2 mi E of Pillsbury
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 47.200, -97.733
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 29, 2002
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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: 5301332, 5301333, 5301409, 5301334, 5301335, 5301407, 5301406, 5301408.