Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 28, 1988

Name: Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 28, 1988
Start: 1988-05-28T16:30
End: 1988-05-28T21:50
Location: North Dakota

May 28, 1988 · NWS BIS · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

6 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
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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

6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ramsey

When: May 28, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Ramsey County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.100, -98.850

Tornado, Cavalier

When: May 28, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Cavalier County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 13 yd
Coordinates: 48.570, -98.100

Hail, Cavalier

When: May 28, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Cavalier County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.580, -98.370

Hail, Ramsey

When: May 28, 7:48 PM CST
Where: Ramsey County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.100, -98.850

Hail, Stutsman

When: May 28, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Stutsman County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 47.150, -99.300

Hail, Walsh

When: May 28, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Walsh County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.250, -97.650

Hail, Grand Forks

When: May 28, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Grand Forks County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.020, -97.370

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 1988 Every state in 1988 This day in weather history The tornado archive for North Dakota, 1988 Warnings in North Dakota, May 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: 10086289, 10086290, 10086291, 10086292, 10086293, 10086294, 10086295.