Hail, Golden Valley
- When
- August 2, 4:40 PM MST
- Where
- Golden Valley County, 8 mi S of Beach
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.800, -104.000
Hail in North Dakota, August 2, 1996
Severe thunderstorm produced hail from 1 inch to 3 inches in size. Hail combined with strong winds to break out many windows and down numerous power lines.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm produced hail from 1 inch to 3 inches in size. Hail combined with strong winds to break out many windows and down numerous power lines. Damage amount estimated.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 247 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
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More
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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: 5559789.