1 funnel cloud, 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 3, 2:00 AM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2003 ...WET PATTERN CONTINUES... CURRENT RADAR SHOWING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NEXT MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE JUST WEST OF THE CWA AND ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY. MID AND UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CONTINUES TO SHOW SERIES SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW PROVIDING FOR AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD... ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY MARGINAL..THE TQ INDEX CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDER ALONG THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST TODAY. SURFACE BOUNDARY FORECAST TO MOVE LITTLE TODAY. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE LIES WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA WHERE THE STRONGEST DYNAMICS EXIST. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES INTO THE REGION LATER IN THE PERIOD WITH SURFACE LOW DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF SASK OVER WESTERN CWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN MOVING EAST OF THE CWA THURSDAY. MID AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY KEEPS A CHANCE OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE 00Z AVN RUN INDICATING PRECIPITATION INTO THE WEEKEND PER YESTERDAYS RUN...HOWEVER WILL WAIT AND SEE TODAYS RUN BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES IN THE CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST. .BIS...NONE RGT
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-040945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 453 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Several funnel clouds were sighted, one over the city of Elgin and two more 6 and 12 miles north of Elgin.
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, June 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: 5366065.