Hail, Foster
- When
- June 15, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- Foster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.720, -98.920
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 15, 1986
6 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
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- June 15, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.220, -98.570
Tornado, Wells
- When
- June 15, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.500, -99.620
Hail, Ransom
- When
- June 15, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.900
Hail, Barnes
- When
- June 15, 3:29 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -98.000
Hail, Sargent
- When
- June 15, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.170, -97.680
Hail, Richland
- When
- June 15, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -97.150
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- June 15, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -98.200
Tornado, Griggs
- When
- June 15, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -98.230
Tornado, Griggs
- When
- June 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.270, -98.130
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1986Warnings in North Dakota, June 1986
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: 10085366, 10085367, 10085368, 10085369, 10085370, 10085371, 10085372, 10085373, 10085374, 10085375.