Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 29, 1995

Name: Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 29, 1995
Start: 1995-07-29T21:23
End: 1995-07-29T23:35
Location: North Dakota

July 29, 1995 · 10 events in 4 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Williams

When: July 29, 9:23 PM CST
Where: Williams County, Williston
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Coordinates: 48.344, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Divide

When: July 29, 9:26 PM CST
Where: Divide County, Crosby
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.815, -103.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Divide

When: July 29, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Divide County, Wildrose
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.815, -103.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

75 mph winds also reported. Winds destroyed steel grain bins and crops. Several hail swaths with 100 percent crop damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, McKenzie

When: July 29, 10:04 PM CST
Where: McKenzie County, Watford City
Measured: 83 kt (96 mph)
Coordinates: 47.740, -103.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, McKenzie

When: July 29, 10:20 PM CST
Where: McKenzie County, Charbonneau
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 47.740, -103.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Williams

When: July 29, 10:59 PM CST
Where: Williams County, Williston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.344, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Burke

When: July 29, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Burke County, Columbus
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph)
Coordinates: 48.791, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Considerable damage done to fairground grandstand.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burke

When: July 29, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Burke County, Larson
Coordinates: 48.791, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Wind speed unknown. Reports of several barns blown down as well wooden power poles snapped off.

Thunderstorm Wind, Williams

When: July 29, 11:03 PM CST
Where: Williams County, Williston
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Coordinates: 48.344, -103.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Williams

When: July 29, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Williams County, Epping
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 48.270, -103.350

Tornado destroyed a barn.

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

Every storm in North Dakota in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for North Dakota, 1995 Warnings in North Dakota, July 1995

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: 10337135, 10337708, 10337709, 10338079, 10338080, 10337136, 10338002, 10338003, 10337137, 10337138.