Thunderstorm Wind, Bottineau
- When
- August 14, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.850, -101.280
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 1988
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Renville
- When
- August 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.970, -101.620
Tornado, McHenry
- When
- August 14, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -100.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- August 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Coordinates
- 48.320, -102.930
Hail, Benson
- When
- August 14, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.980, -99.770
Hail, Pierce
- When
- August 14, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.130, -100.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- August 14, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 47.870, -99.900
Hail, Wells
- When
- August 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.770, -99.500
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 14, 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -100.620
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
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- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 14, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 1988
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1988Warnings in North Dakota, August 1988
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: 10082940, 10082941, 10082942, 10082943, 10082944, 10082945, 10082946, 10082947, 10082948.