Tornado, Emmons
- When
- August 1, 2:07 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.030, -100.300
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 1, 1988
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Emmons
- When
- August 1, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -99.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmons
- When
- August 1, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Emmons County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -100.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- August 1, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 46.320, -99.350
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1, 1988
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 1988
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: 10082922, 10082923, 10082924, 10082925.