Tornado, Bottineau
- When
- June 26, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.930, -100.430
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 26, 1986
9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bottineau
- When
- June 26, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.920, -101.020
Hail, Bottineau
- When
- June 26, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.930, -100.430
Hail, Bottineau
- When
- June 26, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.830, -100.430
Tornado, Bottineau
- When
- June 26, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 2,000 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 48.930, -100.600
Hail, Towner
- When
- June 26, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.620, -99.330
Hail, Rolette
- When
- June 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rolette County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -99.650
Hail, Pierce
- When
- June 26, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -99.700
Hail, Towner
- When
- June 26, 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.480, -99.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 48.370, -99.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Benson
- When
- June 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.280, -99.430
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- June 26, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.450, -98.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- June 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- June 26, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 48.050, -98.530
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.900, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- June 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -98.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- June 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Coordinates
- 48.030, -98.350
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 26, 1986
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 26, 1986
- Tornado in Michigan, June 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1986
- Tornado in Florida, June 26, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, June 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 26, 1986
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: 10083110, 10083111, 10083112, 10083113, 10083114, 10083115, 10083116, 10083117, 10083118, 10083119, 10083120, 10083121, 10083122, 10083123, 10083124, 10083125, 10083126.