Hail, Walsh
- When
- July 25, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 2 mi SE of Park River
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.380, -97.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 25, 1997
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $19,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Walsh
- When
- July 25, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Pisek
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.320, -97.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- July 25, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Pisek
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 48.320, -97.700
Trees were blown down in Pisek.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sargent
- When
- July 25, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Cogswell
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -97.780
Tree damage was reported in Cogswell and a barn was destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sargent
- When
- July 25, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, 2 mi NE of Forman
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -97.600
Many trees were blown down just northeast of Forman.
Hail, Sargent
- When
- July 25, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Forman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Sargent
- When
- July 25, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Forman
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -97.630
Strong wind knocked down trees in Forman.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sargent
- When
- July 25, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, 1 mi W of Havana
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -97.630
A grain bin was damaged in the strong wind.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Wisconsin, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Iowa, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Kentucky, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25 to 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5606907, 5606787, 5606905, 5606908, 5606906, 5606909, 5606910, 5606786.