Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- June 29, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.800, -97.620
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 29, 1979
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 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
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Walsh
- When
- June 29, 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.200, -97.380
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -97.400
Hail, Walsh
- When
- June 29, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -97.400
Hail, Pembina
- When
- June 29, 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -97.670
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 29, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 29, 1979
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: 10085070, 10085071, 10085072, 10085073, 10085074.