Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 24, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 24, 2006
Start: 2006-08-24T13:05
End: 2006-08-24T13:12
Location: North Dakota

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

1 thunderstorm wind, 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 24, 8:08 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:08 AM CST, 4 hours 57 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, 9 hours 43 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, 11:52 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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.

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:14 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:16 PM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:19 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:35 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:39 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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

&&

VJENSEN

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McLean

When: August 24, 1:05 PM CST to 1:12 PM CST
Where: McLean County, Washburn
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 47.283, -101.017

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

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: 5528637.