North Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 18, 2002

September 18, 2002 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 59 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 5:53 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

653 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0648 PM    10 N ASHLEY               ND   1 INCH HAIL

09/18/02   MCINTOSH                       REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, La Moure

When
September 18, 6:44 PM CST
Where
La Moure County, 8 mi W of La Moure
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.350, -98.467

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5315739.