Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 7, 2004

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 7, 2004
Start: 2004-06-07T00:00
End: 2004-06-07T00:30
Location: North Dakota

June 7, 2004 · NWS FGF · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:34 AM CST, 18 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
634 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-061433-
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-
634 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...

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 OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN
THREAT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT EAST REACHING THE
DEVILS LAKE BASIN DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN ACROSS
THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM COOPERSTOWN TO MAYVILLE AND BEMIDJI. IN ADDITION LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTHERN RED
RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY
MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING NORTHEAST IN SOUTHERN CANADA.  THUNDERSTORMS
MAY REDEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROSEAU
TO DETROIT LAKES AND ELBOW LAKE BEFORE SHIFTING EAST EARLY IN THE
EVENING.  THE NEXT CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

VOELKER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:52 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1052 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

1045 PM     HAIL             5 N NEW ROCKFORD        47.75N 99.14W
06/06/2004  0.88 INCH        EDDY               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WJB

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:00 PM CST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1100 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 2004

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

1052 PM     HAIL             2 S SHEYENNE            47.80N 99.12W
06/06/2004  2.50 INCH        EDDY               ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

WJB

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey

When: June 7, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Ramsey County, 3 mi S of Starkweather
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.400, -98.883

Large branches were blown down.

Hail, Grand Forks

When: June 7, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Grand Forks County, 6 mi SE of Thompson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.717, -97.017

Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier

When: June 7, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Cavalier County, 10 mi W of Langdon
Measured: 96 kt (110 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 48.750, -98.583

Estimated 90 to 110 mph downburst winds uprooted a large tree and damaged several others. Two tin cattle sheds had their roofs torn off. Pieces of these roofs were scattered in the nearby fields for over a mile.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier

When: June 7, 12:20 AM CST
Where: Cavalier County, 6 mi SW of Langdon
Measured: 96 kt (110 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 48.683, -98.467

The 110 mph downburst winds continued from west to southwest of Langdon. A barn roof was lifted off and destroyed. This caused the barn loft to collapse, which killed several cows. A large section of the barn roof hit the nearby house, leaving a 3-foot gash in the porch side of the house. Nearby 4,000 bushel steel grain bins were either caved in or demolished.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson

When: June 7, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Nelson County, 2 mi NW of Whitman
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.167, -98.150

Several small trees were blown over.

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.
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

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: 5409377, 5409378, 5409379, 5409381, 5409380.