3 hail, 1 tornado, 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 8:40 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 940 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 .DISCUSSION...MINOR UPDATES PLANNED FOR THIS MORNING TO BETTER DEFINE THUNDER PLACEMENT AND TIMING. COMPLEX SITUATION THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL BOUNDARIES DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED IN CENTRAL ND WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST INTO NORTHERN MN. THIS BOUNDRY HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR A SOLID LINE OF STORMS FROM HALLOCK TO PARK RAPIDS. STORMS HAVE STAYED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THUS FAR DUE TO WEAK SHEAR AND HIGH FREEZING LEVELS...PRECLUDING THE CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL. AS THE FIRST...AND MOST POTENT SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THIS MORNING...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE IN EASTERN ND AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN MN. LATER ON TODAY AS THE FIRST SHORTWAVE EXITS...SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE WAVE WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS. WITH THE SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL ND PROGGED TO MOVE VERY LITTLE AND A MULTITUDE OF WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW...WE EXPECT MORE CONVECTION TO FIRE IN CENTRAL ND BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING...BUT SEVERE CHANCES SEEM LIMITED DUE TO THE WEAK DYNAMICS PRESENT AND UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUN LEADING TO DESTABLIZATION. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && JCA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 644 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-021443- BARNES-BENSON-CASS-CAVALIER-CLAY-EAST BECKER-EAST MARSHALL- EAST OTTER TAIL-EAST POLK-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-GRAND FORKS- GRANT-GRIGGS-HUBBARD-KITTSON-LAKE OF THE WOODS-MAHNOMEN-NELSON- NORMAN-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-PEMBINA-PENNINGTON-RAMSEY- RANSOM-RED LAKE-RICHLAND-ROSEAU-SARGENT-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-STEELE-TOWNER-TRAILL-WADENA-WEST BECKER- WEST MARSHALL-WEST OTTER TAIL-WEST POLK-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-WILKIN- 644 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOR THE MOST PART EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE MAY RESULT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE MAIN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE FAVORED TIME FOR STRONG STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AFTER 4 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON SATURDAY WITH BETTER CHANCES TO BEGIN THE WORK WEEK. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL BE RAIN FREE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. VOELKER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado made intermittent contact with the ground for several minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 2004Warnings in North Dakota, July 2004
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: 5415464, 5415465, 5415466, 5415467.