Hail, Ward
- When
- April 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.300, -98.930
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, April 15, 1982
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Barnes
- When
- April 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.030, -98.150
Tornado, Ransom
- When
- April 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -97.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -97.000
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.980, -96.870
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -97.000
Hail, Ransom
- When
- April 15, 7:11 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.300
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 15, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -97.130
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 15, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -97.000
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 15, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.150, -96.800
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 15, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -96.600
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 Nebraska, April 15, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 15, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 15, 1982
- Tornado in Florida, April 15, 1982
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1982
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: 10083805, 10084664, 10084665, 10084666, 10084667, 10084883, 10084884, 10084885, 10084886, 10084887, 10084888.