Tornado, McKenzie
- When
- June 3, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- McKenzie County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -103.380
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 3, 1980
10 hail, 2 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
- 13
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
10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Adams
- When
- June 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.020, -102.220
Hail, McKenzie
- When
- June 3, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- McKenzie County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.550, -103.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- June 3, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.070, -102.770
Hail, Dunn
- When
- June 3, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.070, -102.770
Hail, Dunn
- When
- June 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -102.630
Hail, Grant
- When
- June 3, 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -101.600
Hail, Grant
- When
- June 3, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.330, -101.700
Hail, Stark
- When
- June 3, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.120, -102.320
Hail, Morton
- When
- June 3, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -101.270
Hail, Oliver
- When
- June 3, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Oliver County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.130, -101.420
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- June 3, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -100.800
Hail, McLean
- When
- June 3, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -100.800
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, June 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 3, 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: 10084837, 10084838, 10084839, 10084840, 10084841, 10084842, 10084843, 10084844, 10084845, 10084846, 10084847, 10084848, 10084849.