Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 30, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 30, 2006
Start: 2006-06-30T15:48
End: 2006-06-30T16:03
Location: North Dakota

June 30, 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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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Jun 30, 1:03 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:03 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
203 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE CHANCE SEVERE CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE TROUGH EAST OF CWA WITH MID LEVEL
SHORT WAVE NOW ENTERING WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 18Z SOUNDING FROM KBIS
MODIFIED TO LOWER 90S HAS 2000 J/KG CAPE BUT STILL RETAINS WEAK CAP
AROUND 70H. WILL STILL NEED SMALL BUMP FROM SOMETHING TO TRIGGER
CONVECTION. THETA-E RIDGE AND BEST THETA-E ADVECTION OVER EASTERN
CWA WHILE WEAK CONVECTION BEGINS TO FIRE IN EASTERN MONTANA
SOUTHWEST OF KGGW BACK OF COMMA HEAD OF VORT MAX. WILL KEEP CHANCE
POPS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.

RIDGE BEGINS TO REBUILD OVER NORTHERN ROCKIES AS CLOSE 50H LOW
PUSHES SOUTHEAST FROM FORMER NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TO NORTH OF GREAT
LAKES BY END OF SHORT TERM PERIOD. NORTHWEST FLOW RETURNS WITH A
COUPLE OF WEAK SHORTWAVES IN FLOW WITH SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL POPS.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO ONGOING POP AND WX GRIDS. TEMPERATURES RETURN
TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
NO CHANGES IN THE LONG TERM. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING MAINLY
WARM AND DRY WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. MAY SEE SOME SORT OF
CONVECTION TAKE PLACE DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATER PARTS OF NEXT WEEK
DUE TO WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH...BUT NOTHING TO WARRANT
INTRODUCING WIDESPREAD POPS AT THIS POINT. MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO
ADVERTISE THE RIDGE SHIFTING EAST TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK...SO
THINGS MAY GET MORE ACTIVE AROUND NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

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

&&

HW/NH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:13 AM CST, 12 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
413 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-010915-
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-
413 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006 /313 AM MDT FRI JUN 30 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 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAY REACH SEVERE
CRITERIA DUE TO STRONG INSTABILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:18 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1118 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

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

1115 AM     HAIL             GRENORA                 48.62N 103.94W
06/30/2006  E0.75 INCH       WILLIAMS           ND   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY PEA SIZE

&&

HW

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:04 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

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

0359 PM     HAIL             10 N SENTINEL BUTTE     47.06N 103.84W
06/30/2006  E1.00 INCH       GOLDEN VALLEY      ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WINDS ALSO TO 50 MPH.

&&

VJENSEN

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:25 PM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
425 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006

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

0415 PM     HAIL             4 S MEDORA              46.86N 103.52W
06/30/2006  E1.00 INCH       BILLINGS           ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BEGAN AS DIME SIZED AND INCREASED TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL

&&

THAMILTO

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: June 30, 3:48 PM CST to 4:03 PM CST
Where: Stark County, South Heart
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: COOP STATION
Coordinates: 46.867, -103.000

Penny size hail along with winds.

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, June 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: 5511333.