Hail, Dunn
- When
- June 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County, 10 mi SW of Manning
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 47.133, -102.917
Hail in North Dakota, June 15, 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 Jun 15, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 245 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINS THE MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST PERIOD. WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAIN... CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE MOISTURE AND INMSTABILITY INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION. BAND OF WEAK CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOWLY DEVELOPING ACROSS MONTANA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WAITING FOR SHORT WAVE ASSOCITED WITH JET STREAK FORECAST BY ETA MODEL TO FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST LINE. THIS WILLLEND TO TRAINING CELLS SO ALONG WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. WILL MENTION IIN ZONES. HAVE USED ETA MODEL AS THIS SEEMED TO BETTER FOCUS THE PRECIPITATION AREAS AROUND THE JET STREAK AND SURFACE BOUNDAY THROUGH 36 HOURS. BY MONDAY AFERNOON TRHE SURFACE BOUNDARY SLIDES SOUTHEAST ND H5 RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD INTO TEH NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS SHOULD CUT OFF PRECIP CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL BROAD BRUSH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORSM FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .BIS...NONE. WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 8:20 AM CST, 9 hours 25 minutes before
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-161420- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 920 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SHULZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NDZ017-152305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 505 PM CDT (405 PM MDT) SUN JUN 15 2003 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH CREATING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM...LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRASSY BUTTE...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ASSID
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:08 PM CST, 37 minutes before
NDZ017-160010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 608 PM CDT (508 PM MDT) SUN JUN 15 2003 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN MCKENZIE COUNTY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM...LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF GRASSY BUTTE...WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ASSID
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 15, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 15 to 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2003
- Wildfire in California, June 15 to 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, June 15, 2003
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, June 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: 5366705.