Thunderstorm Wind, La Moure
- When
- May 20, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- La Moure County
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -98.700
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 20, 1974
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, La Moure
- When
- May 20, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- La Moure County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.530, -98.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- May 20, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- May 20, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -98.680
Tornado, Benson
- When
- May 20, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.930, -99.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Foster
- When
- May 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Foster County
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -98.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -96.600
What these are
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1974
- Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1974
- Hail in Georgia, May 20, 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: 10084656, 10084657, 10084658, 10084659, 10084660, 10084661, 10084662.