Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 4, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 4, 1994
Start: 1994-07-04T01:00
End: 1994-07-04T19:45
Location: North Dakota

July 4, 1994 · 12 events in 7 counties and zones

9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $525,000
Crop damage: $605,000
Events: 12

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

9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 4, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Adams County, Bucyrus
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Coordinates: 46.097, -102.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Adams

When: July 4, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Adams County, Hettinger
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 46.097, -102.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 4, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Adams County, Hettinger
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 46.097, -102.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Grant

When: July 4, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Grant County, Elgin
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Crop damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 46.358, -101.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cropland amounting to 80,000 acres was destroyed.

Hail, Adams

When: July 4, 1:45 AM CST
Where: Adams County, Lemmon Sd
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 46.097, -102.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sioux

When: July 4, 1:55 AM CST
Where: Sioux County, Lemmon Sd
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 46.113, -101.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The same storm that went through Adams County damaged 59,000 acres of cropland, 50 to 60 houses, and 55 cars in a lot.

Hail, Stutsman

When: July 4, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Stutsman County, Jamestown
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $3
Coordinates: 46.979, -98.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Stutsman

When: July 4, 4:55 AM CST
Where: Stutsman County, Jamestown
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 46.979, -98.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Steele

When: July 4, 5:40 AM CST
Where: Steele County, And 2 S Finley
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 47.456, -97.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Traill

When: July 4, 6:44 AM CST
Where: Traill County, Clifford
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 47.454, -97.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds uprooted eight inch trees. ~ Steele County Pickert,04, 700CST,,,0,0,6,4,Hail (1.75) The hail did an estimated one million dollars damage to crops, vehicles, and buildings.

Hail, Richland

When: July 4, 6:58 PM CST
Where: Richland County, Lidgerwood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 46.265, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Richland

When: July 4, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Richland County, Wyndmere
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Coordinates: 46.265, -96.948 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, July 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: 10337891, 10337892, 10337893, 10337824, 10337894, 10337941, 10337085, 10337086, 10337080, 10337101, 10337930, 10337931.