Thunderstorm Wind, McKenzie
- When
- July 27, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- McKenzie County, 22 mi SW of Williston
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 47.900, -103.970
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 27, 1996
5 miles long through the county. The strong winds also blew a mobile home into a bar.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The strong winds combined with pea to marble size hail created a damage path 1.25 miles wide by 4.5 miles long through the county. The strong winds also blew a mobile home into a bar. The winds also blew the roof off of the bar. Property damage estimated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 27 to 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 27, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Texas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 1996
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 1996
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: 5561785.