Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 2022

Name: Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 2022
Start: 2022-07-14T11:45
End: 2022-07-14T11:45
Location: North Dakota

July 14, 2022 · NWS FGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across portions of eastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota.

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 FGF wrote it up.

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across portions of eastern North Dakota and west-central Minnesota.

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 8:24 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 8:24 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:02 AM CST, 7 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:13 AM CST, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1213 PM CDT Thu Jul 14 2022

NDZ014-015-141745-
Benson ND-Ramsey ND-
1213 PM CDT Thu Jul 14 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Benson
and southwestern Ramsey Counties through 1245 PM CDT...

At 1213 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
northwestern Spirit Lake Nation, or 13 miles southwest of Devils
Lake, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  St Michael, Tokio and Camp Grafton around 1225 PM CDT.
  Spirit Lake Nation around 1235 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4800 9916 4813 9877 4790 9865 4784 9898
      4785 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 249DEG 29KT 4795 9900

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Kent/MJB

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:28 AM CST, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1228 PM CDT Thu Jul 14 2022

NDZ014-015-141800-
Benson ND-Ramsey ND-
1228 PM CDT Thu Jul 14 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Benson and
southwestern Ramsey Counties through 100 PM CDT...

At 1228 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Minnewaukan, or 13 miles west of Devils Lake, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Lakewood Park and Camp Grafton around 1255 PM CDT.
  Devils Lake around 100 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4795 9922 4812 9932 4828 9892 4804 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 254DEG 20KT 4807 9916

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Kent/MJB

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Benson

When: July 14, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Benson County, 1.55 mi WNW of Warwick
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 47.860, -98.710

Received a public report of hail to at least the size of quarters, with some larger.

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, July 2022

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: 1049219.