In the late afternoon and early evening hours of July 13th, a severe thunderstorm developed and moved across parts of north central North Dakota. One severe thunderstorm warning was issued during the early evening.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
In the late afternoon and early evening hours of July 13th, a severe thunderstorm developed and moved across parts of north central North Dakota. One severe thunderstorm warning was issued during the early evening. Reports of severe thunderstorm wind gusts were received across Rolette and Pierce counties.
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 Jul 13, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REGION BY SATURDAY SO ALTHOUGH SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER...THE HEAT NEXT WEEK REMAINS THE MAIN WEATHER STORY. SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH UPPER LOW OVER HUDSON BAY WILL GIVE THE FRONTAL SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL. BY SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL OUTRUN ITS SUPPORT ALOFT SO EXPECT A FEW DEGREES COOLER ACROSS THE REGION WITH NO WEATHER. ON SUNDAY THE FRONT WILL RETURN AS A WARM FRONT. NEXT CHC FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY NIGHT NIGHT AS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE STATE AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT WITH SHORTWAVE TOPPING THE RIDGE. KEPT THE CHC IN THE SOUTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT AS ITS CLOSER TO UPPER SHORT WAVE PATH AND IN THE EAST MONDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 12Z GFS WAS SIMILAR TO THE 00Z ECMWF...BUT THE 12Z ECMWF NOW QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...BOTH MODELS STILL SUPPORT AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. ECMWF SOLUTION WOULD SUGGEST TEMPERATURES MAYBE A BIT COOLER...WITH MORE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...WILL STICK WITH THE GFS SOLUTION FOR NOW AND KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND 90S THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. A COUPLE SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDER...BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL OR WIDESPREAD APPARENT AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... STRONG UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH A FAIRLY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A SURFACE TROUGH AND COOL FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN THE EAST. OTHERWISE...THE AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS SHOULD GIVE WAY TO MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...GOOD VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && WAA/JF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 454 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 NDZ001-009-017>020-031>034-040>046-141000- DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- 454 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 /354 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NDZ002>005-010>013-021>023-025-035>037-047-048-050-051-141000- BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 454 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MINOT TO JAMESTOWN. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE LEADING TO THUNDERSTORM INITIATION. AT THIS TIME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT THERE WILL STILL BE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ACROSS EAST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WHEN THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE ACTIVATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRIMARILY ACROSS PARTS OF EAST AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP AND REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ALL SEVERE HAIL AND SEVERE WIND REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING THE SEVERE WEATHER HOT LINE. MEYER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree were blown down onto power lines.
A report from the public in Rugby also included peak winds of around 70 mph during this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2007
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: 47065, 47062.