Hail,
- When
- August 23, 3:17 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.780
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 23, 1968
2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 3
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Event by event
2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bottineau
- When
- August 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Coordinates
- 48.780, -100.500
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- August 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.130, -98.470
Tornado, Stutsman
- When
- August 23, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.150, -98.470
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 23, 1968
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1968Every state in 1968This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1968
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10087570, 10087571, 10087572, 10087573.