1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 24, 8:08 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 908 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 .UPDATE... BASED ON A QUICK LOOK AT QPF PROGS AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR NDZ001-NDZ002-NDZ003-NDZ004-NDZ005-NDZ009-NDZ010-NDZ011-NDZ012- NDZ013-NDZ017-NDZ018-NDZ019-NDZ020-NDZ021-NDZ022-NDZ023-NDZ025- NDZ034-NDZ035-NDZ036-NDZ037-NDZ047-NDZ048-NDZ050-NDZ051. && LEBLANG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-250930- 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- 422 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 /322 AM MDT THU AUG 24 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...THEN END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1252 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM HAIL RICHARDTON 46.88N 102.32W
08/24/2006 E0.75 INCH STARK ND TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AS WELL.
&&
VJENSENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
114 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1252 PM HAIL 1 SE LINCOLN 46.75N 100.69W
08/24/2006 E0.75 INCH BURLEIGH ND TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY PEA SIZE HAIL
&&
VJENSENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
116 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 PM HAIL LINCOLN 46.77N 100.70W
08/24/2006 E0.88 INCH BURLEIGH ND NWS EMPLOYEE
HARLYN WETZEL CALLED IN THE REPORT
&&
VJENSENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
119 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM HAIL LINCOLN 46.77N 100.70W
08/24/2006 E1.25 INCH BURLEIGH ND BROADCAST MEDIA
MANY STONES WERE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE WITH A FEW STONES OF
QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE. REPORTED BY HUTCH JOHNSON
OF KXMB-TV
&&
VJENSENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
135 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM HAIL 3 SE STANTON 47.29N 101.34W
08/24/2006 E4.00 INCH MERCER ND PUBLIC
SEVERE SIZE HAIL LASTED UNTIL 1100 AM CDT. LARGEST STONES
GRAPEFRUIT SIZE. MANY VEHICLES DESTROYED. BUILDING
SEVERELY DAMAGED. REPORT FROM GREAT RIVER ENERGY PLANT.
&&
LATE REPORT. NOTIFIED THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA. FOLLOW UP CALLS PLACED TO
GREAT RIVER ENERGY PLANT.
VJENSENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
139 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0139 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 12 NW GARRISON 47.78N 101.61W
08/24/2006 MCLEAN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
VJENSENThe Bismarck radar (KBIS), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding between the cities of Beulah and Hazen, along each side of highway 200, and in the city of Beulah. Major roads were not flooded while some county roads were under water and partially washed out. A few streets in Beulah were closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, August 2006
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: 5528636.