Hail, Richland
- When
- July 21, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 3 mi SW of Hankinson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.033, -96.950
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 21, 2004
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 5
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 Jul 21, 2:43 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:43 PM CST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 343 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 .SHORT TERM... BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CENTRAL CANADA. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH EXTENDED INTO EASTERN ND. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS STORMS IN NORTHWEST ZONES WERE OCCURRING NEAR A CIRCULATION CENTER. SOME DRYING/DARKENING NOTED ACROSS NORTHERN MN AND NORTHERN ND. STORMS TO THE SOUTH SHOULD BE IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET. 850 HPA THETA-E RIDGE OVER EASTERN SD WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT. RUC INDICATING ABOUT 2500 J/KG MUCAPES IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SHIFT SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. WEAK SURFACE LOW WAS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST ND WITH UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS OVER EASTERN SD. UPPER 50S ACROSS SOUTHEAST ND AND 40S TO THE WEST. DEWPOINTS WERE ALSO POOLING ACROSS NORTHEAST ND AND NORTHWEST MN. NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT CAPES ARE LOW. STEEP LAPSE RATES EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH COLD AIR ALOFT AND RELATIVELY HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WILL ADD A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .LONG TERM... LONGWAVE PATTERN NOT CHANGING MUCH IN SPITE OF THE SHORTWAVE BECOMING MORE DOMINANT HERE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH NORTHWEST FLOW. FLAT RIDGE ACROSS MOST OF LOWER 48 WILL RETURN TEMPERATURES ALMOST TO SEASONAL LEVELS EARLY NEXT WEEK AFTER A LARGE LOW LEVEL RIDGE FINALLY NUDGES EAST. BUT NEITHER GFS/ECMWF PUSH SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE BACK NORTH ON A LOW LEVEL JET THROUGH WED. ECMWF DOES SHOW A WEAK JET MOVING +10C 850 MB DEW POINTS NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATE TUE/WED. THINK MOISTURE TRANSPORT MAY BE UNDERDONE IN THIS MODEL BUT IT AND GFS ARE OUT OF PHASE WITH THE SHORTWAVE PATTERN BY THEN WITH GFS BEING THE SLOWER. HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE THUNDER FOR WED AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND WILL LOOK FOR BETTER AGREEMENT LATER. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && HOPPES/GV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:37 AM CST, 9 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 637 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-211436- 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- 637 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. VOELKER
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 21, 2:54 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Fairmount
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -96.600
Hail, Richland
- When
- July 21, 2:54 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Fairmount
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -96.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 21, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Fairmount
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -96.600
Power lines were blown down with extensive tree damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- July 21, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County, Drayton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.567, -97.167
Road signs along Interstate 29 were blown down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 21, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, July 21, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Indiana, July 21, 2004
- Wildfire in California, July 21, 2004
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5414610, 5414611, 5414612, 5414613, 5414614.