Hail, Rolette
- When
- September 18, 6:31 PM CST to 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Rolette County, 1.94 mi NE of Belcourt
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -99.700
Hail in North Dakota, September 18, 2024
A stacked low pressure system over eastern Montana gradually lifted north with bands of showers and thunderstorms passing over North Dakota. One thunderstorm became severe over eastern Rolette County.
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
- 2
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.
A stacked low pressure system over eastern Montana gradually lifted north with bands of showers and thunderstorms passing over North Dakota. One thunderstorm became severe over eastern Rolette County. The largest hail reported from this storm was the size of a golf ball, and occurred to the northeast of Belcourt.
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rolette
- When
- September 18, 6:35 PM CST to 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Rolette County, 3.08 mi NE of Belcourt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 48.860, -99.680
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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1215424, 1215425.