Hail, Burleigh
- When
- July 10, 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Burleigh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -100.600
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 1981
5 hail, 3 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
- 9
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
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 10, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.870, -97.050
Hail, Burleigh
- When
- July 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Burleigh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -100.280
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.180, -97.220
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 10, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -97.200
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.870, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 10, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.050, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmons
- When
- July 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -100.370
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 10, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Coordinates
- 46.030, -99.550
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
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 10, 1981
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1981
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: 10087138, 10087139, 10087140, 10087141, 10087142, 10087143, 10087144, 10087145, 10087146.