Thunderstorm Wind, Dickey
- When
- August 2, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -98.520
Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1989
8 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnes
- When
- August 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.650, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickey
- When
- August 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dickey County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -98.080
Tornado, Ward
- When
- August 2, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.070, -101.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- August 2, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.030, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- August 2, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.150, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- August 2, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Nelson
- When
- August 2, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.030, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- August 2, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 48.000, -98.550
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.
- 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 Florida, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 2, 1989
More
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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: 10085207, 10085208, 10085209, 10085210, 10085211, 10085212, 10085213, 10085214, 10085215.