Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 2006

Name: Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 2006
Start: 2006-08-16T17:40
End: 2006-08-16T17:46
Location: North Dakota

August 16, 2006 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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: 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 Aug 16, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
325 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...
MODELS CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION THAT SUGGESTS A FAIRLY GOOD PRECIP
EVENT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH
SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES...BOTH TRENDING TOWARDS SEVERAL MCS SYSTEMS
OVER THE REGION. WITH COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND INTENSIFYING SFC LOW ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA INGREDIENTS
OF LIFT AND MOISTURE FALLING INTO PLACE. WILL UP POPS ACROSS THE
SOUTH HALF OF THE REGION FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
COOLER TEMPS ALSO SEEM REASONABLE WITH ADDITION OF CLOUDS AND
EVENTUAL PUSH OF COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION BY SATURDAY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
ONLY MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD TDY GIVEN ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT THAT MAKES FORECASTING THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF WAVES
DIFFICULT. THIS PROBLEM EXTENDS BEYOND PRECIP CHANCES TO TEMPS...AS
THIS PATTERN WILL ALLOW MORE POTENT S/WS TO DRAW IN COOLER CANADIAN
AIR. THE 12Z GFS REFLECTS THIS WELL WITH H85 TEMPS FALLING TO NEAR
15 C ON MONDAY AND THEN 10 C WED IN OUR EASTERN FA IN THE WAKE OF
TWO SUCH WAVES. FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES...THERE IS AGREEMENT
AMONGST OPERATIONAL AND ENSEMBLE MODELS IN THE GENERAL FLOW...BUT
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. CONTINUITY IS THE BEST ANSWER HERE...
AND SO OUR DATABASE WILL SEE FEW CHANGES TDY. THAT SAID...A REVIEW
OF THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE GFS /AND NOW THE 06Z DGEX/ SUGGESTS
A STRONGER WAVE ON TAP FOR THE TUE TIMEFRAME. THIS WOULD SUGGEST THE
MOST LOW/MID LVL WAA AND THE CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL BE CENTERED
THERE. THE ECWMF THOUGH REMAINS SLOWER WITH THIS FEATURE AND AS A
RESULT SIG DISCREPANCIES DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. THUS
WHILE THE BEST BET OF PRECIP WILL BE CENTERED ON TUE NIGHT...WE WILL
HOLD SHORT OF INTRODUCING TSTMS ATTM SINCE EVEN MOS POPS FALL IN
LINE WITH AUGUST CLIMATOLOGY.

&&

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

&&

WAA/CJS

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:25 AM CST, 13 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
525 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2006

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-171030-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
525 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2006 /425 AM MDT WED AUG 16 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...AND OVER SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

JV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 4:53 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
553 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006

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

0527 PM     HAIL             GACKLE                  46.63N 99.14W
08/16/2006  E0.88 INCH       LOGAN              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ENDED AT 532 PM

&&

KWELK

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, La Moure

When: August 16, 5:40 PM CST to 5:46 PM CST
Where: La Moure County, 5 mi SW of Jud
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.467, -98.950

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, August 2006

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: 5528374.