Hail, Mercer
- When
- July 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 2 mi NW of Pick City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.533, -101.500
Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
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 Jul 13, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 200 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 MID LEVEL IS BEING FLATTENED BY A SHORTWAVE CROSSING NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE HAS KEEP SOME MODERATE CONVECTION GOING IN THAT REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG ZONAL PUSH OF WESTERLIES WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET MAX ABOVE IT...WILL PUSH A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...BREAKING THE CAP AND ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AND PUSH EAST ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT. THE FAST ZONAL FLOW WILL BUCKLE UP INTO A RIDGE CENTERED OVER MONTANA BY TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND SUNNY WEATHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AFTER THE PASSAGE OF TONIGHTS CONVECTION. SHORTWAVE ENERGY FLATTENING THE RIDGE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT MAY BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO MY WEST AND CENTRAL. A SECOND SHORTWAVE MAY THEN INITIATE MORE ACTIVITY IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL FLARE UP AGAIN IN MY EASTERN ZONES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .BIS...NONE. LEBLANG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:46 AM CST, 13 hours 14 minutes before
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-140945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 446 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TURNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:13 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
NDZ001-009-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 110 PM CDT (1210 PM MDT) SUN JUL 13 2003 AT 105 PM CDT (1205 PM MDT) LOCAL WARNING RADAR IN WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA INDICATED MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT CROSBY...NOONAN...APPAM...ALAMO...CORINTH...WILDROSE...HAMLET AND MCGREGOR BY 230 PM CDT (130 PM MDT). WHILE THESE STORMS ARE WEAKENING...THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF THUNDERSHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:47 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
NDZ001-009-132145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 245 PM CDT (145 PM MDT) SUN JUL 13 2003 AT 240 PM CDT (140 PM MDT) LOCAL WARNING RADAR IN WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA INDICATED THAT MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE MONTANA/NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AND MOVING ACROSS WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL OF WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT (330 PM MDT). WHILE THESE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE...THEY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF THUNDERSHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PERRY
Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:59 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
359 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM DICKINSON ND 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 STARK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
NNNNThe 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
- Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 13, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 13 to 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail in Michigan, July 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2003
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: 5376029.