Thunderstorm Wind, McKenzie
- When
- July 7, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McKenzie County, 33 mi W of Grassy Butte
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.400, -103.950
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 7, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 3:40 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:40 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 440 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SHORT TERM... STRONG MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SHORTWAVE ENERGY...STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND A GOOD LOW LEVEL JET TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THESE INGREDIENTS ADD UP TO A GOOD CHC FOR AN MCS FORMATION. CAPE VALUES SOMEWHAT LACKING BUT GOOD DYNAMICS MAY MAKE UP FOR THIS. EXPECT SOME SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE FORM OF BOW ECHOES IF A DECENT LINE OF STORMS FORM. THIS SEEMS FAVORABLE AS SOME STORMS FORMING IN CENTRAL MONTANA AT THIS TIME. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE CONFINED TO CENTRAL/ERN ND THURSDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH LESS PROMINENT SURFACE BOUNDARIES MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FOCUS ON A POINT OF IGNITION AND TIMING. .LONG TERM... ECMWF/GFSLR MODELS HAVE DIFFERENCES LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE FEATURES...OTHERWISE OVERALL PATTERN SHOWING BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH SERIES SHORTWAVES RIDING THRU KEEPING THE THREAT OF CONVECTION THRU FIRST OF THE WEEK. UPPER RIDGING BY MIDWEEK WILL KEEP ANY CHANCE OF PRECIP WEST OF THE CWA. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && WAA/RGT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 3:30 AM CST, 17 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080929- ADAMS ND-BILLINGS ND-BOTTINEAU ND-BOWMAN ND-BURKE ND-BURLEIGH ND- DICKEY ND-DIVIDE ND-DUNN ND-EMMONS ND-FOSTER ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND- GRANT ND-HETTINGER ND-KIDDER ND-LA MOURE ND-LOGAN ND-MCHENRY ND- MCINTOSH ND-MCKENZIE ND-MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-MORTON ND-MOUNTRAIL ND- OLIVER ND-PIERCE ND-RENVILLE ND-ROLETTE ND-SHERIDAN ND-SIOUX ND- SLOPE ND-STARK ND-STUTSMAN ND-WARD ND-WELLS ND-WILLIAMS ND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...BOWMAN...CROSBY... DICKINSON...JAMESTOWN...MINOT AND WILLISTON 430 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MIDNIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HELPING MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND COULD HAVE HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 219 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 7, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, July 7, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 7, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 7, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5412287.