Hail, Eddy
- When
- June 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, 7 mi S of Hamar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -98.550
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27 to 28, 1997
27 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
Event by event
27 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- June 27, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, 7 mi S of Hamar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -98.550
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 4:56 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, 5 mi SE of Lakota
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.980, -98.270
Hail, Eddy
- When
- June 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, 6 mi S of Warwick
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.770, -98.720
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Michigan
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -98.120
The hail lasted for 12 minutes.
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Michigan
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -98.120
Most of the 190 homes in Michigan suffered roof damage and broken windows. Many vehicles were also dented. The two implement dealers in Michigan suffered extensive damage to their inventories.
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Michigan
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -98.120
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, 5 mi N of Michigan
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -98.120
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 27, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, 3 mi SE of Fordville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.180, -97.750
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, 6 mi SW of Mapes
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -98.320
Hail, Walsh
- When
- June 27, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Minto
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.280, -97.370
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Tolna
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -98.430
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Mc Ville
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.770, -98.170
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 9:06 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Aneta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -97.980
Hail, Nelson
- When
- June 27, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Aneta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -97.980
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 27, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, Northwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.730, -97.570
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 27, 9:53 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, Northwood
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.730, -97.570
Hail, Traill
- When
- June 27, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County, 5 mi N of Portland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -97.370
Hail, Traill
- When
- June 27, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Traill County, 1 mi S of Buxton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -97.100
Hail, Steele
- When
- June 27, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County, 12 mi W of Hatton
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.630, -97.700
Hail, Steele
- When
- June 27, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County, Golden Lake
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.530, -97.670
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 28, 12:17 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, 9 mi NE of Sharon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.720, -97.780
Hail, Steele
- When
- June 28, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County, 3 mi E of Sharon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.600, -97.830
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- June 28, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, 9 mi NE of Sharon
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.720, -97.780
Tornado, Ransom
- When
- June 28, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 6 mi S of Ft Ransom
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -97.920
Hail, Sargent
- When
- June 28, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Cogswell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -97.780
Hail, Sargent
- When
- June 28, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Milnor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -97.450
The hail lasted for 15 minutes.
Hail, Sargent
- When
- June 28, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sargent County, Milnor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -97.450
Tornado, Richland
- When
- June 28, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 5 mi SE of Hankinson
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.020, -96.830
Lightning, Richland
- When
- June 28, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Galchutt
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 46.265, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck the steeple of a church, igniting a fire in the bell house.
What these are
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 27, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 27 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 1997
- Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 27, 1997
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 1997Warnings in North Dakota, June 1997
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: 5603472, 5603473, 5603474, 5603499, 5603475, 5603476, 5603477, 5603478, 5603479, 5603500, 5603480, 5603481, 5603482, 5603483, 5603490, 5603484, 5603485, 5603486, 5603491, 5603487, 5603488, 5603501, 5603492, 5603498, 5603493, 5603496, 5603489, 5603494, 5603495, 5603497.