High winds developed across Stutsman, Lamoure, and Dickey counties in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 11th. An area of showers moving across south central and into southeast North Dakota enabled a strong low level jet to reach the surface, resulting in widespread high winds and some damage across these three counties.
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The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
High winds developed across Stutsman, Lamoure, and Dickey counties in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 11th. An area of showers moving across south central and into southeast North Dakota enabled a strong low level jet to reach the surface, resulting in widespread high winds and some damage across these three counties. No lightning was detected and no thunderstorms were reported with these high winds.
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 11, 1:51 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 251 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... LATEST REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS A PLETHORA OF MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWA MOVING NORTHEAST WITH TIME. THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A POTENT UPPER LOW ROTATING OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WITH TWO JET STREAKS STRETCHING FROM NV/UT AND ANOTHER OVER EASTERN MONTANA. LATEST MSAS SHOWS A SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH AN INVERTED TROF EXTENDING FROM FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND BENDING BACK INTO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT...THEN MOVING NORTHEAST WITH TIME. THE TROF AND SFC LOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN/NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 18Z-00Z. WILL KEEP RAIN SHOWERS WITH A MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TOWARD 00Z THU AS A DRY SLOT PUNCHES IN. THIS WILL DIMINISH PRECIPITATION QUICKLY TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. H5 TEMPS OF -20C TO -24C AND H85-H5 LAPSE RATES OF AROUND 6.5 C/KM WILL PROMOTE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFT/EVE HOURS. THE UPPER LOW DEPARTS ON FRIDAY WITH RESIDUAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING AGAIN MAINLY IN THE AFT/EVE. WITH H85 TEMPS AROUND +4C TO +5C THIS AFT AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFT...EXPECT HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. WARMER ON FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS WITH A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES COMING THROUGH SAT/SUN BRINGING A SLIGHT CHC OF SHOWERS/TSTMS. THEREAFTER...500MB HEIGHTS ON BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF RISE AS A RIDGE AMPLIFIES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY OVER NORTH DAKOTA. THIS WILL BRING DRIER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA MON/TUE. EXTENDED MODELS BRING ANOTHER UPPER LOW ALONG THE US/CANADIAN BORDER WED/THU BRINGING BACK A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION... RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOMINATE THE AERODROMES TODAY WITH IFR/MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH 00Z THU. SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...AND MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 800 AM CDT OR 700 AM MDT. && KS/TWH/HW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>044-047-048-120930- 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-LOGAN-LA MOURE- 417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 /317 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2008/ 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 SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF TOWARD EVENING...BEGINNING FIRST IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE FOR A DECREASE OF SHOWER ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH YOUR REPORT. NDZ045-046-050-051-120930- SIOUX-EMMONS-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 417 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT/700 AM MDT/ FOR CENTRAL SIOUX...DICKEY...MCINTOSH AND SOUTHERN EMMONS COUNTIES... RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE COMMON IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IF ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH YOUR REPORT. KS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
236 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0231 AM HAIL SELFRIDGE 46.04N 100.92W
06/11/2008 M1.00 INCH SIOUX ND TRAINED SPOTTER
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VROLLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
340 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 AM TSTM WND GST STRASBURG 46.13N 100.16W
06/11/2008 E60 MPH EMMONS ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIND GUST TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
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KSIMOSKOThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 62 miles per hour was recorded at the Jamestown airport.
Tree branches four to five inches in diameter were broken one mile north-northwest of Fullerton.
Trees and power lines were reported blown down by high winds across portions of LaMoure County, including within the city of Edgeley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, June 2008
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: 102873, 102874, 102876.