Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -97.400
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 25, 1983
7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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, 5 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McLean
- When
- August 25, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -101.080
Hail, McLean
- When
- August 25, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -100.900
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- August 25, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -101.520
Hail, Benson
- When
- August 25, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.280, -99.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Benson
- When
- August 25, 8:04 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.070, -99.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- August 25, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Hail, Walsh
- When
- August 25, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -97.780
Tornado, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -97.680
Hail, Walsh
- When
- August 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -97.780
Tornado, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -97.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- August 25, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 9:07 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- August 25, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County
- Coordinates
- 47.770, -98.550
Tornado, Steele
- When
- August 25, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 47.520, -97.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 25, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.050, -96.930
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 25, 1983
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: 10086412, 10086413, 10086414, 10086415, 10086416, 10086417, 10086418, 10086419, 10086420, 10086421, 10086422, 10086423, 10086424, 10086425, 10086426, 10086427.