Hail, Griggs
- When
- June 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -98.350
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 18, 1988
4 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $50,000
- 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 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Griggs
- When
- June 18, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -98.120
Hail, Griggs
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -98.350
Tornado, Steele
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.270, -97.850
Tornado, Steele
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.420, -97.900
Tornado, Steele
- When
- June 18, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.430, -97.730
Tornado, Steele
- When
- June 18, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.500, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Traill
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Traill
- When
- June 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -97.220
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.
- 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 in Tennessee, June 18, 1988
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 18, 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, June 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: 10086300, 10086301, 10086302, 10086303, 10086304, 10086305, 10086306, 10086307, 10086308.