Tornado, McLean
- When
- May 18, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.820, -101.070
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 18, 1977
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 5
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
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ward
- When
- May 18, 1:44 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -101.050
Tornado, Ward
- When
- May 18, 2:21 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -101.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -99.700
Tornado, Cavalier
- When
- May 18, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.350, -98.370
What these are
- 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 in Colorado, May 18, 1977
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 18, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 18, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 18, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1977
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 18, 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: 10085010, 10085011, 10085012, 10085013, 10085014.