Hail, Eddy
- When
- September 7, 5:19 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, 7 mi S of Hamar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -98.550
Hail in North Dakota, September 7, 1997
9 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 23:25 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Eddy
- When
- September 7, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, 7 mi S of Hamar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -98.550
Hail, Nelson
- When
- September 7, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nelson County, Tolna
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.830, -98.430
Hail, Griggs
- When
- September 7, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County, 7 mi N of Binford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -98.350
Hail, Walsh
- When
- September 7, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 4 mi NE of Ardoch
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.230, -97.280
Hail, Grand Forks
- When
- September 7, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County, Thompson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.780, -97.100
Hail, Cass
- When
- September 7, 10:44 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 3 mi S of Argusville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.000, -96.930
Hail, Cass
- When
- September 7, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Fargo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 46.870, -96.780
The hailstorm hit several car dealerships along Interstate 29 in Fargo, causing damage to numerous cars and trucks.
Hail, Cass
- When
- September 7, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 4 mi S of Fargo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.820, -96.780
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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- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 7, 1997
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, September 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: 5618085, 5618088, 5618092, 5618093, 5618086, 5618087, 5618089, 5618090, 5618091.