Hail, Logan
- When
- July 28, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 12 mi S of Napoleon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 46.330, -99.770
Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
Wheat crops that were ready for harvest were completely devastated from the strong winds and hail. Overnight farmers that were looking at a great harvest were now trying to determine if they would get a harvest at all.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- 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.
Wheat crops that were ready for harvest were completely devastated from the strong winds and hail. Overnight farmers that were looking at a great harvest were now trying to determine if they would get a harvest at all. Crop damage estimated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5561782.