Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 2004

Name: Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 2004
Start: 2004-09-04T03:45
End: 2004-09-04T04:00
Location: North Dakota

September 4, 2004 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Sep 4, 3:45 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 3:45 AM CST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
445 AM CDT SAT SEP 4 2004

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIPITATION. WHEN LOOKING AT
THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS...AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED IN SE
ND...WITH TROF THROUGH NW MN INTO S MB. KMVX HAS AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DVL AREA...THROUGH CENTRAL ND INTO
CENTRAL SD. WHEN COMPARING MODELS...MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT
TODAY WITH TIMING OF SYSTEM MOVEMENT...AND CONSIDERING HOW MUCH
BETTER THE ETA HAS BEEN DOING WITH TEMPS...LEANED TOWARD IT FOR
FORECAST. THE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED TROF SHIFTS ONLY SLIGHTLY E
THROUGH TODAY...ALLOWING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCH E INTO THE
RED RIVER VALLEY HANGS THROUGH E ND AND NW MN INTO SUN MORNING
BEFORE IT FINALLY PUSHES E OF THE AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES ALOFT
STILL QUITE WARM...CAP HAS BEEN HOLDING OVER AREA. AND CURRENT
PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN LIMITED TO ALONG AND BEHIND THE
TROF. WITH THE TROF EXPECTED TO LINGER ON THE W EDGE OF THE AREA
TODAY...KEPT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE DVL INTO VALLEY CITY
AREAS...BUT HELD OFF ON REST OF E ND UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.

REST OF AFD DELAYED DUE TO NEED TO MONITOR RADAR BECAUSE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.

&&

NG

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 5:50 AM CST, 21 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
650 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-031450-
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-
650 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY SECTION OF WESTERN MINNESOTA
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER ALL OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY...THEN
SHIFTS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NG

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:43 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Benson

When: September 4, 3:45 AM CST
Where: Benson County, 5 mi NE of Warwick
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.900, -98.600

Hail, Ramsey

When: September 4, 3:55 AM CST
Where: Ramsey County, 2 mi S of Doyon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.017, -98.533

Hail, Nelson

When: September 4, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Nelson County, 7 mi WSW of Lakota
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.000, -98.483

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, September 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: 5424975, 5424976, 5424977.