Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- June 26, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 2 mi SW of Englevale
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -97.930
Strong winds blew 55 gallon drums around a damaged house.
Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 26, 1998
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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
- $22,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 Aberdeen radar (KABR), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 2 mi SW of Englevale
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -97.930
Several 10 inch tree limbs were broken in the strong wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Elliott
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.800
Trees were downed in the strong wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Lisbon
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -97.680
Numerous trees were uprooted, power lines were downed, the roof blew off the armory, and the roof blew off the Ransom county highway department shop. A building at the fairgrounds was also damaged. Lisbon was without power from 5 to 9 pm.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- June 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Mc Leod
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.300
Trees were blown down in the wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- June 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 10 mi NW of Walcott
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 46.650, -97.080
A barn roof was blown off and trees were downed in the strong wind.
Funnel Cloud, Cass
- When
- June 26, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 5 mi S of Fargo
- Coordinates
- 46.933, -97.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 26 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5649535, 5649536, 5649537, 5649576, 5649575, 5649534, 5649533.