Thunderstorm Wind, McKenzie
- When
- June 29, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- McKenzie County, 11 mi S of Alexander
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.683, -103.650
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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 29, 2:50 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:50 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002 FORECAST CONCERNS TODAY ARE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AND TEMPERATURES. FOR TONIGHT...VERY WARM AIR ACROSS THE REGION NOW RECHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH WARM AIR IS ALOFT THE MAIN THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE THAT LIKELY WILL DEVELOP ALONG COLDL FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN MONTANA. SO WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE ZONE FORECAST. ON SUNDAY...POST FRONTAL DRYING WILL SWEEP CLEAR SKIES INTO THE WEST AND CENTRAL WITH SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS EAST. SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE DRY CENTRAL AND EAST...BUT STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BRING SUFFICIENT DYNAMICS TO CREATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST....SPREADING CENTRAL AND EAST MONDAY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY...THEN JULY 4TH PERIOD INTO THE WEEKEND WILL SEE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .BIS...NONE. WA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:01 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 701 PM CDT (601 PM MDT) SAT JUN 29 2002 AT 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT) A OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER TO NEAR GLENDIVE MONTANA WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS AREA OF VERY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT). THIS BOUNDARY HAS PRODUCED GUSTS UP TO 72 MPH IN GLENDIVE MONTANA. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOWING DUST THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS WHERE PLOWED FIELDS EXIST. WIND SPEEDS MAY INCREASE VERY RAPIDLY...BE PREPARED AND TAKE SHELTER. THOMSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:01 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 701 PM CDT (601 PM MDT) SAT JUN 29 2002 AT 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT) AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER TO NEAR GLENDIVE MONTANA WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS AREA OF VERY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT). THIS BOUNDARY HAS PRODUCED GUSTS UP TO 72 MPH IN GLENDIVE MONTANA. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...HAZARDS TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOWING DUST THAT CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO NEAR ZERO IN AREAS WHERE PLOWED FIELDS EXIST. WIND SPEEDS MAY INCREASE VERY RAPIDLY...BE PREPARED AND TAKE SHELTER. THOMSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 2002
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 29, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 29, 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: 5301939.