North Dakota, 1988Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 1988
July 12, 1988 · NWS BIS · 10 events in 7 counties and zones
7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- July 12, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -98.700
Hail, Dickey
- When
- July 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -98.520
Hail, La Moure
- When
- July 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- La Moure County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -98.600
Hail, Dickey
- When
- July 12, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.170, -98.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- July 12, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -97.680
Hail, Dickey
- When
- July 12, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.170, -98.420
Hail, Sargent
- When
- July 12, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -97.880
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 12, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.150, -97.070
Hail, Bottineau
- When
- July 12, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -101.370
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 12, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.880
- 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.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 12, 19881 injured · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 12, 19882.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 12, 1988F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 12, 19882 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 12, 19881 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 12, 1988F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 12, 198850 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, July 12, 19881 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 19881 event
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 12, 19881 event
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: 10082903, 10082904, 10082905, 10082906, 10082907, 10082908, 10082909, 10082910, 10082911, 10082912.