Hail, Renville
- When
- July 12, 2:04 PM CST to 2:09 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 1.66 mi NNW of Glenburn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.540, -101.240
Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 2012
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on the back side of an upper level low pressure system. Several reports of large hail were attributed to one isolated severe storm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours on the back side of an upper level low pressure system. Several reports of large hail were attributed to one isolated severe storm.
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 12, 1:41 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:41 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 241 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM WINNIPEG SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON NEAR AND AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...AFFECTING THE EASTERN MOST COUNTIES IN THE FORECAST AREA...FROM BOTTINEAU TO HARVEY TO NEAR JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 660S NEAR THE FRONTAL ZONE WITH WEAK CONVECTION ALREADY BEGINNING. BY SUNDOWN THIS EVENING PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE EXITED THE FORECAST AREA AND EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE A STEP COOLER BUT REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... IN GENERAL...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL TREND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE...WITH MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE PERIOD. A LARGE SCALE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH A MEAN WESTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THIS SUPPORTS HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING ABOUT 5 TO PERHAPS 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE...HOWEVER...NOT OUT OF THE RANGE OF WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE WARMEST PERIOD APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S ARE FORECAST WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER ON SUNDAY AS THE WARM SECTOR OF THE SURFACE LOW PROPAGATES INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. DRY VEGETATION AND SLIGHTLY DRIER DEWPOINTS WILL AID IN LOW LEVEL HEATING...AND IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW...HIGHS MAY HAVE TO BE RAISED INTO THE UPPER 90S FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST. FOR MONDAY...LOW TO MID 90S ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM SECTOR. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT...YIELDING A BRIEF COOL DOWN INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR HIGHS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PRIOR TO ANOTHER POSSIBLE TEMPERATURE INCREASE INTO THURSDAY WITH THE ONSET OF RETURN FLOW. IN REGARDS TO THUNDERSTORMS...MULTIPLE PERIODS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS ATOP THE CREST OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION APPEAR TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LEE TROUGHING AND AN ATTENDANT LOW LEVEL JET...MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND AGAIN INTO THE MID TO LATE PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK. WHILE DETAILS ARE UNCERTAIN...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE 18 UTC TAF CYCLE WITH THE ONLY HAZARD BEING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT THE KJMS TERMINAL. THE BEST WINDOW LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 21-01 UTC THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND IMPACTS...WILL CODE AS VCTS FOR NOW AND AMEND BASED UPON RADAR TRENDS ONCE STORMS DEVELOP. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...HW LONG TERM....AYD AVIATION...AYD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:56 AM CST, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 656 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-131200- DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 656 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 /556 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-131200- RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 656 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 /556 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PRIMARILY AFFECT THE AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LINTON TO STEELE TO HARVEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:06 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
906 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 4 N SATHER DAM 47.73N 103.81W
07/11/2012 M1.75 INCH MCKENZIE ND TRAINED SPOTTER
MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WITH 0.74 INCHES OF RAIN
BETWEEN 515 AND 545 PM CDT...
&&
CORRECTED LOCATION
LHUBERLocal storm report, Jul 12, 1:22 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
222 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 3 SW KILLDEER 47.34N 102.80W
07/11/2012 E2.50 INCH DUNN ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES. REPORT FROM DUNN COUNTY
SHERIFF. PATROL VEHICLE DAMAGED.
&&
JPMSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 1:48 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 248 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 NDZ003-004-011-012-122015- BOTTINEAU ND-MCHENRY ND-RENVILLE ND-WARD ND- 248 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN WARD...SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY AND SOUTHERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES NORTH OF MINOT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GLENBURN... WOLSETH... DEERING... NORWICH... SURREY... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AYD
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 12, 2:52 PM CST to 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 2.3 mi W of Granville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.270, -100.880
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 12, 2:56 PM CST to 3:01 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 3.49 mi S of Granville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -100.840
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 12, 3:05 PM CST to 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 3.91 mi NE of Simcoe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.210, -100.810
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 12, 3:25 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 5.87 mi SE of Simcoe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.110, -100.780
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 12, 3:25 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 2.91 mi NNW of Bergen
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.040, -100.740
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Arizona, July 12 to 16, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nevada, July 12 to 16, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, July 12 to 15, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 12, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 12 to 14, 2012
- Flash Flooding in California, July 12 to 15, 2012
- Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 12, 2012
- Wildfire in Utah, July 12 to 27, 2012
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Texas, July 12 to 13, 2012
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: 382765, 382766, 382767, 382768, 382769, 382770.