Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- August 26, 8:11 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Near Norma
- Coordinates
- 48.719, -101.658 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 26, 1994
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $130,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bottineau
- When
- August 26, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County, Lansford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.792, -100.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Renville
- When
- August 26, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Grano
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.620, -101.580
Hail, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Granville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Renville
- When
- August 26, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Near Grano
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 48.620, -101.580
,The path was estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ward
- When
- August 26, 8:52 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County, Minot Afb
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.222, -101.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Renville
- When
- August 26, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Glenburn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.719, -101.658 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Granville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 48.270, -100.830
Hail, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County to Granville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Karlsruhe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Balfour
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Karlsruhe
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, McHenry
- When
- August 26, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Anamoose
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1994Warnings in North Dakota, August 1994
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: 10337853, 10337990, 10337854, 10338027, 10337927, 10337116, 10337928, 10338028, 10338029, 10338030, 10338031, 10338032, 10338033.