North Dakota, 1988Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 1988
June 20, 1988 · NWS BIS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $250,000
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- June 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 48.670, -102.850
Hail, Hettinger
- When
- June 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hettinger County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -102.720
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- June 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.720, -100.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- June 20, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 47.520, -97.850
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 20, 19881 death · 7 injured · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 20, 19881 injured · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 20, 198880 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Utah, June 20, 198860 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 20, 19882 events
- Damaging Winds in Maine, June 20, 19882 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 20, 19881 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 20, 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: 10086309, 10086310, 10086311, 10086312.