Hail, Barnes
- When
- September 16, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Valley City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.917, -98.000
Hail in North Dakota, September 16, 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 7:35 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 7:35 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 835 PM CDT TUE SEP 16 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS PCPN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. BROAD PRESSURE FALLS OVER ND AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN SD. ASSOCIATED SURFACE WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO SOUTHERN ND WITH 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS NOSING INTO FAR SOUTHERN FA. KMVX-88D VAD WIND PROFILE INDICATING WIND IN LOWER GATES INCREASING TO 40KT AND BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY. SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT TO CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. UPSTREAM KBIS-88D INDICATING BAND OF SHRA/TSRA LIFTING NE. WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LOWEST CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS OVER FAR NORTH WILL CONTINUE TREND OF BEST CHANCES FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION THIS AREA OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLD SEVERE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. REGION TO REMAIN IN WARM SECTOR OVERNIGHT AND WITH CONTINUED MOIST FLUX AND WIND TEMPERATURES TO HOLD UP. WILL TAKE A LAST LOOK HOWEVER MAY NOSE TEMPERATURES UP SLIGHTLY ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. .FGF...NONE. VOELEKR
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 5:15 AM CST, 17 hours 50 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-161400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 615 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND FROM 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KELLENBENZ
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:05 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
- Hail in Washington, September 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, September 16 to 17, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, September 16 to 17, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 16 to 17, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, September 16, 2003
- Wildfire in Hawaii, September 16 to 19, 2003
- Waterspout in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, September 16, 2003
- Hail in Kentucky, September 16, 2003
- High Wind in Idaho, September 16, 2003
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, September 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: 5375188.