Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 27, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, 2 mi S of Alsen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -98.700
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 27, 1998
13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cavalier
- When
- May 27, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, Nekoma
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -98.370
A grain bin and several 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 27, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, Nekoma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -98.370
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Park River
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.400, -97.730
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 27, 6:10 PM CST to 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, Nekoma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -98.370
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 27, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, 6 mi E of Nekoma
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -98.230
Hail drifts up to 3 feet were reported. A car got stuck in the deep hail and had to be towed out. Trees were stripped of leaves and buildings and vehicles sustained damage. Hail remained in shady areas through the next day.
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 7 mi W of Edinburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.500, -98.000
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Grafton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -97.400
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Grafton
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -97.400
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Park River
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.400, -97.730
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, Grafton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 4 mi NW of Park River
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 48.430, -97.800
Several 12 inch diameter trees were blown down and a roof was damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 3 mi W of Park River
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 48.400, -97.800
A parked car was blown into a van.
Hail, Walsh
- When
- May 27, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 3 mi N of Pisek
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.350, -97.700
Hail, Barnes
- When
- May 27, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Sanborn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -98.220
Tornado, Ransom
- When
- May 27, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 5 mi W of Ft Ransom
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.520, -98.020
Hail, Ransom
- When
- May 27, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 5 mi N of Ft Ransom
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -97.920
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.
- 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.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5640636, 5640529, 5640530, 5640637, 5640642, 5640531, 5640630, 5640631, 5640638, 5640639, 5640640, 5640632, 5640633, 5640634, 5640641, 5640528, 5640635.