Hail, McIntosh
- When
- September 18, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 10 mi N of Ashley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.183, -99.367
Hail in North Dakota, September 18, 2002
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
- 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 Sep 18, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 345 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002 A MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS IN THE PROCESS OF CROSSING THE STATE. WARM ADVECTION THUNDERSTORMS WILL GIVE WAY TO A COOLER WRAP AROUND RAIN PATTERN...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES PROGRESSIVELY EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM AND THE ARRIVAL OF A FAST ZONAL FLOW...THURSDAY WILL PRESENT MUCH DRIER WEATHER. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL FOR MID SEPTEMBER. ON FRIDAY MORNING A SPOKE OF MID LEVEL VORTICITY WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS IT ORBITS A LARGE HUDSON BAY LOW. THE APPROACH OF THIS FEATURE WILL BACK THE SURFACE WINDS AND PUSH SOME WARM ADVECTION INTO THE STATE. THE PASSAGE OF THE VORTICITY DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT THE WINDS BACK TO NORTHWEST...AND COLD ADVECTION WILL FOLLOW. THE COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS...WELL INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE HUDSON BAY LOW EXTENDS ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN TIER OF THE UNITED STATES. .BIS...WIND ADVISORY WEST AND CENTRAL...UNTIL 9 PM CDT RSL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 18, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 18, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 18, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 18, 2002
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 18, 2002
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, September 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: 5315737.