Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- July 14, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Norwich
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.250, -100.983
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 14, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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 14, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 A TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...WITH THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES OVER NORTH DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH PERSISTENT RIDGING WILL REMAIN UPSTREAM OVER MONTANA...FREQUENT WEAK SHORT WAVES...EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ASCENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY NOCTURNAL...FOR TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. OUR AIRMASS WILL REMAIN MARGINALLY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME HOURS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN THE NEARER TERM...EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLIDE ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHERN TIER AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND AFTERNOON HEATING COLLABORATE TO PRODUCE CONVECTION. SINCE THE PATTERN IS TYPICAL...AS ONE WOULD EXPECT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .BIS...NONE. LEBLANG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:47 AM CST, 12 hours 48 minutes before
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-150945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 447 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TURNER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:05 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
105 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM 8 N FAIRVIEW ND 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/14/03 MCKENZIE REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
THOMSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 2:43 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NDZ009-017-142140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 341 PM CDT (241 PM MDT) MON JUL 14 2003 AT 340 PM CDT LOCAL RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BAINVILLE MONTANA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRENTON...EAST FAIRVIEW...CARTWRIGHT AND ALEXANDER AREAS AS IT CROSSES THE STATE LINE AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THOMSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 18, 2003
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 14, 2003
- Hurricane in Texas, July 14 to 16, 2003
- Heat in California, July 14, 2003
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 14, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 2003
More
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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: 5376365.