Hail, McIntosh
- When
- August 5, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -99.500
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 5, 1987
18 hail, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
18 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McIntosh
- When
- August 5, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -99.350
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- August 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- August 5, 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -98.700
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.070, -98.200
Hail, Dickey
- When
- August 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -98.750
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- August 5, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Hail, Steele
- When
- August 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.250, -97.950
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.220, -97.950
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- August 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.980, -98.720
Tornado, Nelson
- When
- August 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 48.030, -98.220
Tornado, Nelson
- When
- August 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -98.050
Hail, Nelson
- When
- August 5, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.930, -98.170
Tornado, Grand Forks
- When
- August 5, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.820, -97.180
Hail, Steele
- When
- August 5, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -97.730
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- August 5, 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -97.050
Hail, Nelson
- When
- August 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -98.120
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- August 5, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.870, -97.630
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- August 5, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.730, -97.520
Hail, Steele
- When
- August 5, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -97.480
Hail, Nelson
- When
- August 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.850, -97.980
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
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- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 5, 1987
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 5, 1987
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: 10086246, 10086247, 10086248, 10086249, 10086250, 10086251, 10086252, 10086253, 10086254, 10086255, 10086256, 10086257, 10086258, 10086259, 10086260, 10086261, 10086262, 10086263, 10086264, 10086265, 10086266.