Hail, Ward
- When
- August 24, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -101.500
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 24, 1983
16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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
16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McLean
- When
- August 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.650, -101.420
Hail, Ward
- When
- August 24, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -101.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Ward
- When
- August 24, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -101.500
Hail, McLean
- When
- August 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -101.500
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- August 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.480, -100.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 47.380, -99.530
Hail, Kidder
- When
- August 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kidder County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -99.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -99.900
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.330, -99.380
Hail, Foster
- When
- August 24, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Foster County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -98.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Griggs
- When
- August 24, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -98.120
Tornado, Billings
- When
- August 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Billings County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -103.220
Hail, Billings
- When
- August 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Billings County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.180, -103.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Griggs
- When
- August 24, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- August 24, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 24, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -97.400
Hail, Kidder
- When
- August 24, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Kidder County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.150, -99.770
Tornado, Grant
- When
- August 24, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -101.520
Tornado, Kidder
- When
- August 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kidder County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -99.770
Hail, Kidder
- When
- August 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kidder County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -99.770
Hail, Oliver
- When
- August 24, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Oliver County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -101.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -102.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.070, -102.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Traill
- When
- August 24, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.500, -97.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Traill
- When
- August 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County
- Coordinates
- 47.600, -97.100
Hail, Oliver
- When
- August 24, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Oliver County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.120, -101.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Wells
- When
- August 24, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Coordinates
- 47.780, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 24, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -97.000
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 24, 9:36 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -98.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- August 24, 10:58 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 47.520, -97.850
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 24, 11:04 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -98.700
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 24, 11:56 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -98.700
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 1983
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 24, 1983
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1983
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: 10085299, 10085300, 10085301, 10085302, 10085303, 10085304, 10085305, 10085306, 10086170, 10086171, 10086172, 10086389, 10086390, 10086391, 10086392, 10086393, 10086394, 10086395, 10086396, 10086397, 10086398, 10086399, 10086400, 10086401, 10086402, 10086403, 10086404, 10086405, 10086406, 10086407, 10086408, 10086409, 10086410, 10086411.