Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -97.400
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 24, 1978
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- July 24, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Coordinates
- 48.150, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.370, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.430, -97.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -97.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.470, -97.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Coordinates
- 48.400, -97.730
Tornado, Cavalier
- When
- July 24, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 48.630, -98.280
Tornado, Grand Forks
- When
- July 24, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.000, -97.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- July 24, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Coordinates
- 48.150, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- July 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Coordinates
- 48.750, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- July 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -97.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- July 24, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Coordinates
- 48.570, -97.170
Hail, Pembina
- When
- July 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -97.620
Hail, Pembina
- When
- July 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.900, -97.750
Hail, Pierce
- When
- July 24, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.620, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- July 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Coordinates
- 48.630, -98.280
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10083914, 10083915, 10083916, 10083917, 10083918, 10083919, 10083920, 10083921, 10083922, 10083923, 10083924, 10083925, 10083926, 10083927, 10083928, 10083929, 10083930, 10083931.