Flash Flood, Billings
- When
- June 8, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Billings County, 10 mi N of Fairfield
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.023, -103.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Public reported four (4) feet of water over the road.
Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 8, 2002
1 flash flood, 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 8, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 235 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002 FCST PROBLEMS THROUGH PD WL BE DEALING WITH UPR SYSTEM MOVING INTO NRN PLAINS. WL USE AVN MDL FOR SPECIFICS AS ETA/AVN START OUT SIMILAR BUT ETA IS MORE PROGRESSIVE...ESP AFT 36 HRS. SLOWEST SOLN USUALLY SEEMS TO WORK OUT IN THIS TYPE OF PATN AND AVN IS DEFINATELY THE SLOWEST. EITHER WAY WL BE DEALING WITH CONVECTION TNGT...POSSIBLY SEVERE AS LOW LVL MOISTURE BEGINNING TO RAPIDLY INC OVER SRN CWA AND S/W OVER SCNTRL MT WL PROVIDE SPARK. CONV ALREADY BEGINNING OVER ERN MT. WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS ROTATING SUPERCELLS PSBL. WITH INCG MOISTURE ON STG LOW LVL JET...POTENTIALL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN AS WELL. WILL WORD PSBLY SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN ENTIRE CWA TNGT. AVN SUGGESTS PCPN HANGING ON ACROSS NRN CWA WITH A BREAK OVER SRN CWA SUN AFTN...BEFORE NEXT S/W LIFTS THROUGH BRINGING ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF CONVECTION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. COOLER TUE AND WED AS UPR LOW REMAIN IN THE VICINITY. PREV FCST MENTIONS AFTERNOON SHOWERS TUE AND WED AN THIS LOOKS GOOD...ALTHOUGH DEPENDING ON ACTUAL LOCATION OF 50H LOW...NRN CWA MAY SEE MORE THAN JUST AFTN SHOWERS. WL KEEP THU THROUGH SAT DRY WITH A WARMUP. .BIS...NONE. TWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:26 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 530 PM CDT (430 PM MDT) SAT JUN 8 2002 LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSHOWER CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RATHER LIGHT WITH AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BEING REPORTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AS THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEGIN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE IN EASTERN MONTANA ALONG A LINE FROM FT PECK TO MILES CITY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8 PM CDT(7 PM MDT) THIS SATURDAY EVENING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY. PA
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:59 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
759 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM BEACH ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY EVENT DURATION 20
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0743 PM 6 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:49 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM 5 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:59 PM CST, 56 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 900 PM CDT (800 PM MDT) SAT JUN 8 2002 LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ALONG WITH AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR FAIRVIEW MONTANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTENING PLUS POSSIBLE PEA SIZE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MCKENZIE COUNTY UNTIL 940 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT(10 PM MDT) THIS SATURDAY EVENING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY. PA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:05 PM CST, 50 minutes before
NDZ001-009-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-090700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 905 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FAR WEST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 AM CDT SOUTH CENTRAL... MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WAS CREATING CONDITIONS VERY FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS SATURDAY EVENING. AS A RESULT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR WILLISTON... BEACH AND THE BOWMAN AREAS...AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE DICKINSON...BISMARCK AND THE JAMESTOWN AREAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN SPAWN A TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING. WA
Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:39 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
939 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM BEACH ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY EVENT DURATION 20
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0743 PM 6 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0830 PM 5 N SENTINEL BUTTE ND 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0927 PM 9 NNE BEACH ND 1 INCH HAIL
06/08/02 GOLDEN VALLEY WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD.
1 TO 3 INCH DEPTH OF
HAIL NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZE COVERING GROUND.The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 201 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flood in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Hail in North Dakota, June 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 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: 5302947.