Hail, Kidder
- When
- August 6, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Kidder County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.870, -99.620
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 6, 1980
18 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 24
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
18 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, La Moure
- When
- August 6, 12:04 PM CST
- Where
- La Moure County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -98.280
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 6, 12:06 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -98.680
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 6, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -98.700
Hail, Wells
- When
- August 6, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -99.800
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 46.650, -97.250
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 6, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.780, -98.220
Hail, Ransom
- When
- August 6, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -97.580
Hail, Cass
- When
- August 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.770, -97.550
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 6, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -98.000
Hail, Ransom
- When
- August 6, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- August 6, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -97.480
Tornado, Cass
- When
- August 6, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.720, -97.130
Tornado, Richland
- When
- August 6, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -96.800
Hail, Richland
- When
- August 6, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.470, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- August 6, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 46.470, -96.870
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 6, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -98.000
Hail, Foster
- When
- August 6, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Foster County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -98.930
Hail, Richland
- When
- August 6, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -96.600
Hail, Griggs
- When
- August 6, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- August 6, 4:21 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -96.720
Hail, Richland
- When
- August 6, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -96.720
Hail, Richland
- When
- August 6, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -96.720
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 6, 1980
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: 10085982, 10085983, 10085984, 10085985, 10085986, 10085987, 10085988, 10085989, 10085990, 10085991, 10085992, 10085993, 10085994, 10085995, 10085996, 10085997, 10085998, 10085999, 10086000, 10086001, 10086002, 10086003, 10086004, 10086005.