1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 23, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 MAIN FOCUS IS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND POPS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ND. THINK THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO RIGHT REAR QUAD OF SPEED MAX AT UPPER JET LEVEL AND VICINITY OF SURFACE LOW IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PROVIDING SURFACE CONVERGENCE. H500 VORT ENERGY ALSO MOVING INTO THE STATE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. PUT POPS TODAY ONLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES WHERE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF SPEED MAX WILL ENHANCE UPLIFT. H500 LOW/TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE NWRN US ROCKIES THROUGH WED MORNING...THEN MOVES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE DAY WED. COOLER SURFACE HIGH OVER THE STATE GETS REINFORCED WITH COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE ON TUESDAY...SO THINKING INSTABILITY SHOWERS WILL BE THE RULE TUE NIGHT AND WED. LOWERED TEMPS A BIT FOR TUE AND WED AS WELL. .BIS...NONE. VINING
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-241030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 533 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TODAY SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. VINING
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:51 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Pea to golfball size hail accumulated up to a foot in places stripping paint off several buildings. Rainfall with the storm totaled 2.5 inches. The hail also caused 50 to 100 percent loss to 47,000 acres of cropland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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