Hail, Cass
- When
- July 4, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -97.050
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 1977
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- 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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 4, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Path length
- 20.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.050, -97.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 4, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -97.050
Hail, Logan
- When
- July 4, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -99.770
Tornado, Sioux
- When
- July 4, 9:58 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -100.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmons
- When
- July 4, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -100.230
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 4, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -99.550
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 4, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 4, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 1977
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 4, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 4, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 4, 1977
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: 10086151, 10086152, 10086153, 10086154, 10086155, 10086156, 10086157.