North Dakota, 1994Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 22, 1994
May 22, 1994 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McHenry
- When
- May 22, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Towner
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 48.250, -100.550
Tornado did damage to grain bins and to the roofs of buildings. The path length and width of the tornado were estimated.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- May 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, McClusky
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 47.575, -100.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- May 22, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Fargo
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 46.933, -97.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 19942.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 22, 1994$500 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in South Dakota, May 22, 19941 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 19941 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in New Mexico, May 22, 19940.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Montana, May 22, 19940.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Maine, May 22, 19941 event
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: 10338019, 10337939, 10337629.