Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- July 13, 9:30 PM CST to 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County, (Isn)sloulin Fld Wil
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.183, -103.650
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 13, 2005
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 13, 2:45 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:45 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 345 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TWO SHORT WAVE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE SHORT TERM. THE FIRST WAVE IS ALREADY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND SPEEDING EASTWARD. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL ENTER FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SPREAD THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA THURSDAY AND LINGER IN THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SECOND SYSTEM SHOULD BE STRONGER WITH A DEEPER UPPER TROUGH AND MORE VIGOROUS SURFACE LOW. THE SURFACE LOW AND CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION WILL ENTER THE WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD OVER ALL OF THE CWA SATURDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM... SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE MODELS CONTINUE TO MOVE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH INTO THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY THEN SLOWLY MOVES IT THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE ECWMF IS FASTER AND BY TUESDAY DEVELOPS ZONAL FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. WITH THE MODELS CONTINUING TO DIFFER...WILL STAY WITH THE TREND OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST KEEPING A CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT KEEPING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DRY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MUCH COOLER THROUGH THE PERIOD THAT THE PAST FEW DAYS...BUT WELL WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && LM/TSW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:33 AM CST, 17 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 433 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140932- ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOWMAN-BURKE-DIVIDE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-HETTINGER- MCKENZIE-MOUNTRAIL-SLOPE-STARK-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN... WATFORD CITY...STANLEY...MOTT...MEDORA...HETTINGER AND BEACH 433 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS DOING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HEINERT NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-140932- BOTTINEAU-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-EMMONS-FOSTER-GRANT-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN- MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-OLIVER-PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE- SHERIDAN-SIOUX-STUTSMAN-WARD-WELLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINOT...JAMESTOWN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK... MANDAN...WASHBURN...RUGBY...LINTON...HARVEY...ELLENDALE... CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT AND ASHLEY 433 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HEINERT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 2005
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- Heat in California, July 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 13, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 13, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 13, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Virginia, July 13, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2005
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2005
More
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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: 5465674.