Name: Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
Start: 2003-07-13T19:00
End: 2003-07-13T19:00
Location: North Dakota

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
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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 Jul 13, 1:00 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:00 PM CST, 6 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, 15 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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

644 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    WASHBURN                  ND   60 MPH TSTM GUST

07/13/03   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY FIRE AND

                                          RESCUE. A FEW TREES DOWN.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

705 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0655 PM    5 N MERCER                ND   1 INCH HAIL

07/13/03   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

0657 PM    9 W MC CLUSKY             ND   65 MPH TSTM GUST

07/13/03   SHERIDAN                       REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

NNNN

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:10 PM CST, 50 minutes before

BISWRKSPS
TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM
NDZ001-002-009-010-017-033-041-044-140030-

SPECIAL  WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
710 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 739 HAS BEEN
CANCELED. COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE BURKE..MOUNTRAIL
MCKENZIE..WILLIAMS..STARK..HETTINGER AND ADAMS.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

RSL

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:12 PM CST, 48 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

712 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0637 PM    4 S TURTLE LAKE           ND   TORNADO

07/13/03   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

                                          EVENT DURATION 5

                                          MINUTES. TORNADO LIFTED

                                          AT 642 PM CDT. WHEAT

                                          CROP DAMAGE. NO

                                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:31 PM CST, 29 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

731 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0727 PM    MAX                       ND   .88 INCH HAIL

07/13/03   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

                                          HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELD.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:41 PM CST, 19 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

741 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    MC CLUSKY                 ND   .88 INCH HAIL

07/13/03   SHERIDAN                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sioux

When: July 13, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Sioux County, Ft Yates
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 46.083, -100.633

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Dakota in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5376358.