Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- May 26, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Coordinates
- 47.020, -102.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1978
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dunn
- When
- May 26, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.070, -102.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- May 26, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -98.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- May 26, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -97.050
Tornado, Grand Forks
- When
- May 26, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 48.920, -97.050
Tornado, Ramsey
- When
- May 26, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -98.450
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
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- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1978
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: 10082800, 10082801, 10082802, 10082803, 10082804, 10082805.