6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 7:45 PM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 845 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 .CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW... 01Z MSAS ANALYSIS DEPICTED PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH FROM ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHILE PARENT COLD FRONT WAS POISED FROM SOUTHERN MANITOBA TO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED SOUTHEAST PUNCHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED 250MB 90KT JET MAX VICINITY OF SOUTHERN MANITOBA. BOTH FEATURES WERE AIDING LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND RESULTANT CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT IN TROPICAL AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .FORECAST DETAILS... CURRENT JUICY AIRMASS IN PLACE/UPPER LEVEL JET INTERACTION AHEAD OF IMPENDING COLD FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN LINGERING CONVECTIVE THREAT WITH SCATTERED SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH LATE EVENING. BASED ON EXTRAPOLATION/TIMING OF FRONT WILL LINGER THUNDER THREAT ACROSS FAR SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER SOME UNCERTAINTY EXITS WITH RESPECT TO INTENSITY/AREAL COVERAGE IN THOSE LOCATIONS LATER TONIGHT. WILL UPDATE ZONES RE-EVALUATE CONVECTIVE THREAT AS EVENING PROGRESSES AND BETTER CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE ESTABLISHED. FGF...NONE. BERG
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-191815- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1110 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTER NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BETWEEN 4 PM TODAY AND 3 AM TONIGHT. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THIS TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING EAST OF THE RED RIVER...WITH A FEW OF THESE POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION..A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A STRONGER FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA AND INTO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL HAVE BETTER UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND IS EXPECTED TO GIVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM TODAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE) RIDDLE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
857 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM 6 W NORTHWOOD ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 GRAND FORKS
WJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
917 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0850 PM 9 ENE SHARON ND 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/19/03 STEELE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0900 PM 14 NE FINLEY ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 STEELE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
WJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
941 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 3 1/2 E CLIFFORD ND 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 TRAILL
LKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
1005 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 3 1/2 E CLIFFORD ND 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 TRAILL
0945 PM 4 E GALESBURG ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 TRAILL
0955 PM 2 S HUNTER ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CASS
LKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
1252 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2003
...UPDATED STORM REPORT FOR 7/19/03...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 AM 3 W MADDOCK ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 BENSON
1210 PM LAKE ITASCA MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CLEARWATER REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER.
1215 PM LAKE ITASCA MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CLEARWATER REPORTED BY LAKE ITASCA
STATE PARK PERSONNEL.
1223 PM GUTHRIE MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD
1240 PM 10 NE PARK RAPIDS MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD
1240 PM 11 NE PARK RAPIDS MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD
0105 PM 5 ENE NEVIS MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0150 PM 6 NW NEVIS MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0215 PM 5 S PARK RAPIDS MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 HUBBARD REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0300 PM 3 N OYLEN MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 WADENA REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0610 PM 2 S WALES ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CAVALIER
0620 PM 4 W DRESDEN ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CAVALIER
0630 PM 1 W LANGDON ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CAVALIER REPORTED BY STATE RADIO.
0645 PM 4 S LANGDON ND 4.50 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CAVALIER
0650 PM 4 N NEKOMA ND 2.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CAVALIER
0710 PM FAIRDALE ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 WALSH REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0726 PM EDMORE ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 RAMSEY
0732 PM 2 N LAWTON ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 RAMSEY
0738 PM 8 S ADAMS ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 WALSH
0740 PM 9 SW LANKIN ND 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 WALSH
0750 PM 4 N BROCKET ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 RAMSEY
0750 PM 15 S ADAMS ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 WALSH
0755 PM 3 SE WHITMAN ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 NELSON
0805 PM 3 NE PETERSBURG ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 NELSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0825 PM 3 S NIAGARA ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 GRAND FORKS
0830 PM 3.5 NW LOGAN CENTER ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 GRAND FORKS
0845 PM 6 W NORTHWOOD ND .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 GRAND FORKS
0850 PM 9 ENE SHARON ND 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/19/03 STEELE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0900 PM 14 NE FINLEY ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 STEELE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0930 PM 3 1/2 E CLIFFORD ND 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 TRAILL
0945 PM 4 E GALESBURG ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 TRAILL
0955 PM 2 S HUNTER ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 CASS
DONAVONThe Aberdeen radar (KABR), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:57 UTC.
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three of four 44,000 bushel grain bins were blown over at the Crete Elevator complex. The fourth, which was full of grain, remained standing. Eight 40,000 bushel grains bins were also damaged and one 40,000 bushel grain bin was blown down.
The hail knocked out some windows.
Large branches were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2003
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: 5377620, 5377612, 5377613, 5377614, 5377615, 5377616, 5377617, 5377618, 5377619.