Hail, Adams
- When
- July 13, 5:10 AM MST to 5:15 AM MST
- Where
- Adams County, 15.45 mi ENE of Haynes
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.030, -102.160
Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 2009
One large hail report was received from Adams County in southwest North Dakota during the morning hours of July 13th. Predawn thunderstorms had developed in northwest South Dakota and southwest North Dakota.
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 happened
The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
One large hail report was received from Adams County in southwest North Dakota during the morning hours of July 13th. Predawn thunderstorms had developed in northwest South Dakota and southwest North Dakota.
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 Jul 13, 1:50 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:50 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:47 AM MST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 447 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2009 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-141000- 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- 447 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2009 /347 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009/ 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 POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THESE STORMS DEVELOP WILL ALLOW THESE STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATER TODAY. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND WILL BRING A TREAT FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME STRONG ACROSS THE WEST DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. KJB
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Nevada, July 13 to 15, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 13, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 13, 2009
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 13, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, July 13, 2009
- High Wind in North Dakota, July 13 to 14, 2009
- High Wind in South Dakota, July 13 to 14, 2009
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 13, 2009
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 13, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 13, 2009
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 186970.