1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 14, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 310 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT A RIDGE OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND A CLOSED LOW OVER MONTANA WILL PUT NORTH DAKOTA UNDER THE PRIME UPPER DIFFLUENT AREA. ADD A STRONG SHORT WAVE TO THE MIX TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BASED ON CURRENT CAP AND NIGHTTIME ARRIVAL OF THE SHORT WAVE THIS SHOULD BE A LATE NIGHT EVENT FOR OUR FORECAST AREA. ACTIVITY WILL BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING IN OUT EASTERN ZONES...WHILE A DRY SLOT WILL LIMIT ACTIVITY IN THE WEST. BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MOISTURE WILL RETURN AND THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LOW SHOULD DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY THEN MOVE SLOWLY EAST. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON THE RIDGE WILL BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH ANOTHER SURFACE LOW ON THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES PROVIDING SURFACE CONVERGENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SHOULD MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN ZONAL WITH WEAK SURFACE FEATURES. CONSEQUENTLY... CHANCE OF TSTMS WILL BE DIMINISHED AND WILL NOT MENTION AT THIS TIME. WILL SEE A BUMP OF MAX TEMPS ON MONDAY IN THE WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE LOW...OTHERWISE TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RSL/TSW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 448 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-151000- 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- 448 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 /348 AM MDT WED JUN 14 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 A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN MONTANA AND WYOMING TODAY...WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES EAST THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THEN POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
244 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006
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0900 AM HAIL 3 N STRASBURG 46.18N 100.16W
06/14/2006 E0.75 INCH EMMONS ND PUBLIC
PENNY SIZE HAIL
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CJS/RSLThe Bismarck radar (KBIS), 235 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strikes in the Golva area started a grass fire that burned 50 hay bales. Report through newspaper.
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, June 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: 5511667.