Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 2006

Name: Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 2006
Start: 2006-08-24T10:25
End: 2006-08-24T10:35
Location: North Dakota

August 24, 2006 · NWS BIS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 24, 8:08 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:08 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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, Aug 24, 3:22 AM CST, 7 hours 3 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:43 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
943 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

0935 AM     HAIL             7 N BEULAH              47.37N 101.77W
08/24/2006  M1.75 INCH       MERCER             ND   PUBLIC

            ALSO 60 MPH ESTIMATED. ONGOING AT 942 AM CDT.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:00 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

0750 AM     HAIL             HALLIDAY                47.35N 102.34W
08/24/2006  E0.88 INCH       DUNN               ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LATE REPORT. RAIN TOTAL 0.70

0930 AM     HAIL             11 N ZAP                47.44N 101.92W
08/24/2006  E0.88 INCH       MERCER             ND   MESONET

            ALSO HAD 50 MPH WIND GUSTS. LEAVES STRIPPED FROM TREES.
            NORTH DAKOTA ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCE BOARD OBSERVER.

&&
11 N ZAP ALSO HAD 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN.

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:17 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1017 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

1010 AM     HAIL             3 E HAZEN               47.30N 101.56W
08/24/2006  M0.75 INCH       MERCER             ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL ONGOING AT 1012 AM CDT.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:33 AM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1033 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

1030 AM     HAIL             1 S STANTON             47.30N 101.38W
08/24/2006  E2.50 INCH       MERCER             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONGOING AT 1032 AM CDT.

&&

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 10:12 AM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1112 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

1050 AM     HAIL             20 SW WATFORD CITY      47.60N 103.57W
08/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 10:17 AM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1117 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

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

1058 AM     HAIL             2 W UNDERWOOD           47.45N 101.18W
08/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS ONGOING AND FALLING LIGHTLY

&&

VJENSEN

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McLean

When: August 24, 10:25 AM CST to 10:35 AM CST
Where: McLean County, Washburn
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 47.283, -101.017

Report from McLean County Sheriff dispatch.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5528563.