Name: Hail in North Dakota, June 26, 2005
Start: 2005-06-26T01:20
End: 2005-06-26T01:20
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 25, 1:00 PM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:00 PM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
200 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005

.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAIN FORECAST CONCERN/HIGHLIGHT
CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

NO BIG CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST THROUGH TWEAKED POPS UP A BIT
ESPECIALLY NORTH. AIRMASS INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SOME CONVECTION BEGINING IN CENTRAL MT. SURFACE TROUGH THROUGH
CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST MT WITH MSAS LIFTED INDICES AS LOW -8 OVER
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG SHORTWAVE DEPICTED WELL ON W/V
IMAGERY OVER PACIFIC NORTHWEST PROGGD TO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA 06Z
BY NAM/GFS...SOMEWHAT FASTER AND WEAKER ON NGM. WEAK CAP LINGERS
OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SO CONVECTION WILL LIKELY NEED TO WAIT FOR
STORMS DEVELOPING OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG SURFACE TROUGH IN
MONTANA.

SURFACE TROUGH MOVES TO MONTANA/DAKOTAS BORDER BY 06Z TONIGHT AND TO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF POSSIBLY
SEVERE CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY.

HIGH AND STABLE  HIGH PRESSURE OVER ALL BUT SOUTHERN AND FAR WESTERN
PORTIONS CWA MONDAY.

TUEDAY AND WEDNESDAY GFS SLIDES MID LEVEL LOW ALONG CANADAIN BORDER
AND BROAD AREA WEAK LOW PRESSURE TO NORTHERN PLAINS FOR CHANCE POPS
AGAIN.

.LONG TERM...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY EXITING THE REGION
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF CONVECTION TO THE
AREA. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY ENDING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN SEASONAL TO SLIGHT ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

HW/RGT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:16 AM CST, 21 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
516 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-261016-
ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOTTINEAU-BOWMAN-BURKE-BURLEIGH-DICKEY-DIVIDE-DUNN-
EMMONS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT-HETTINGER-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN-
MCHENRY-MCINTOSH-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MERCER-MORTON-MOUNTRAIL-OLIVER-
PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK-STUTSMAN-WARD-
WELLS-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...JAMESTOWN...
DICKINSON...CROSBY...BOWMAN...BOTTINEAU...BISMARCK...MANDAN...
WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON...
HETTINGER...HARVEY...ELLENDALE...CARRINGTON...BEULAH...BELCOURT...
BEACH AND ASHLEY
516 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN MONTANA TODAY AND
MOVE SLOWLY EAST. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT UNSTABLE
AIR INTO THE REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

HEINERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1213 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

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

1211 AM     TSTM WND GST     POWERS LAKE             48.56N 102.64W
06/26/2005  59 MPH           BURKE              ND   PUBLIC

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:15 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
115 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005

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

0105 AM     HAIL             1 S TOLLEY              48.72N 101.83W
06/26/2005  1.75 INCH        RENVILLE           ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SWICHE

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bottineau

When: June 26, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Bottineau County, 10 mi N of Bottineau
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.983, -100.433

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

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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: 5452415.