Hail, Mountrail
- When
- May 28, 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -102.350
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, May 28, 1980
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 12
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Mountrail
- When
- May 28, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.480, -102.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Towner
- When
- May 28, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.480, -99.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- May 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.770, -98.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Towner
- When
- May 28, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Coordinates
- 48.630, -99.100
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 28, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.750, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- May 28, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Coordinates
- 48.750, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- May 28, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -98.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- May 28, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.750, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- May 28, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.920, -97.900
Tornado, Steele
- When
- May 28, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -97.900
Tornado, Traill
- When
- May 28, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -97.450
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 Texas, May 28, 1980
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 28, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 28, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 28, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 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: 10084824, 10084825, 10084826, 10084827, 10084828, 10084829, 10084830, 10084831, 10084832, 10084833, 10084834, 10084835.