Name: Hail in North Dakota, June 4, 2004
Start: 2004-06-04T19:26
End: 2004-06-04T19:32
Location: North Dakota

Where it happened

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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 Jun 4, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

.SHORT TERM...
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A SURFACE TROUGH
AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.  THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP
WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WHERE THE
RESPONSIBLE SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO SHARPEN. MODELS THEN SHOW UPPER
RIDGING THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN DRYER AND WARMER
WEATHER. THE UPPER FLOW TURNS SOUTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A
LONG TROUGH. A CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP WILL BEGIN IN THE WEST
SUNDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THIS WILL KEEP
THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT UNTIL THE MID LEVEL TROF MOVES ACROSS
NORTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. I ADDED A DRY FRIDAY...AS TROF IS
EAST OF THE REGION. VERY FEW CHANGES MADE TO GRIDS...EXCEPT SPREAD
POPS OUT A BIT MORE...AS ALL SURROUNDING OFFICES ARE NOW BUYING INTO
THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF MOISTURE.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

LM/SHULZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:25 AM CST, 15 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
525 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-051024-
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
525 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND
MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT.  DEWPOINTS WILL
BE IN THE 50S WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S.
THIS WILL CREAT UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON...AND WITH THE
CAPE OVER 1000 J/KG...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY
SEVERE...DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:12 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
412 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             12 NW HEBRON            47.03N 102.22W
06/04/2004  1.00 INCH        DUNN               ND   PUBLIC

            PENNY AND SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

SHK

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:58 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

NDZ033>036-041-042-044>047-050200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #397 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...
HETTINGER...ADAMS AND STARK...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #397 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...GRANT...
LOGAN...EMMONS...KIDDER...BURLEIGH...MORTON AND SIOUX COUNTIES...

RSL

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:36 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
736 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 PM     HAIL             BOWBELLS                48.80N 102.25W
06/04/2004  1.00 INCH        BURKE              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NO REFERENCE CITY...REPORT IS DIRECTLY IN TOWN.

&&

SHK

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burke

When: June 4, 7:26 PM CST to 7:32 PM CST
Where: Burke County, 15 mi S of Bowbells
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 48.583, -102.250

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Dakota in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, June 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: 5412211.