Hail, Bowman
- When
- July 5, 3:31 AM MST to 3:34 AM MST
- Where
- Bowman County, 3.16 mi NE of Bowman
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.210, -103.350
Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 2022
Thunderstorms developed over southeast Montana during the very early morning hours as a low level jet increased ahead of a series of weak short-wave troughs. The thunderstorms then moved into southwest North Dakota.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
Thunderstorms developed over southeast Montana during the very early morning hours as a low level jet increased ahead of a series of weak short-wave troughs. The thunderstorms then moved into southwest North Dakota. One severe thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near Bowman in Bowman County.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 208 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:31 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 5 to 9, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5 to 6, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 5, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 5 to 6, 2022
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 2022
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: 1043668.