Hail, Morton
- When
- August 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.850, -101.420
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 1974
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
- 0
- 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.
Tornado, Stutsman
- When
- August 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.150, -98.570
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- August 14, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.180, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- August 14, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Coordinates
- 47.220, -98.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, August 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 14, 1974
- Hail in Nebraska, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 14, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 1974
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10085790, 10085791, 10085792, 10085793.