North Dakota, 1990

Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 16, 1990

July 16, 1990 · NWS BIS · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
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

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

Hail, McLean

When
July 16, 8:00 PM CST
Where
McLean County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
47.650, -101.420

Hail, Burleigh

When
July 16, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Burleigh County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
47.170, -100.800

Hail, Burleigh

When
July 16, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Burleigh County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
46.850, -100.130

Tornado, Logan

When
July 16, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Logan County
Rating
F1
Path length
1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
46.330, -99.350

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

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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: 10083303, 10084162, 10084163, 10084164.