Hail, Walsh
- When
- August 15, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 11 mi NE of Grafton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.530, -97.230
Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 15, 1999
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $1.2 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:52 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pembina
- When
- August 15, 10:13 AM CST
- Where
- Pembina County, Drayton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.570, -97.170
Hail, Walsh
- When
- August 15, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 7 mi SW of Edinburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.430, -97.950
Hail, Walsh
- When
- August 15, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh County, 6 mi SW of Lankin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.250, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- August 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eddy County, New Rockford
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -99.130
Large trees were downed around New Rockford, some falling on power lines. One tree fell on a house, damaging the roof. Several signs were also damaged.
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- August 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 7 mi W of Litchville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.650, -98.330
The tornado briefly touched down in a field.
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- August 15, 7:57 PM CST to 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Litchville to 2 mi S of Litchville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.630, -98.200
The tornado began south and west of Litchville, travelling mostly through open country before it crossed briefly into Lamoure county. It then crossed into Ransom county, where it dissipated north of Lisbon.
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 1 mi N of Litchville
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.670, -98.180
Hail, Barnes
- When
- August 15, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Litchville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.650, -98.180
Tornado, Barnes
- When
- August 15, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Hastings
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -98.100
The tornado briefly touched down.
Tornado, Ransom
- When
- August 15, 8:13 PM CST to 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Ft Ransom to 5 mi N of Lisbon
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.570, -97.980
Most of the damage from the tornado occurred roughly 3 miles northeast of Fort Ransom, just across the Sheyenne River. One farm had a wood barn and 2 large pole barns completely destroyed. At another nearby farm, another wood barn and a pole barn were destroyed, some debris deposited several hundred feet away. Numerous large trees were broken and a feeding car was thrown a half a mile away. Thousands of large trees surrounding the path of the tornado were snapped in two, many of these along the Sheyenne River Valley.
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: 5712096, 5712094, 5712395, 5712095, 5712394, 5712097, 5712099, 5712393, 5712098, 5712392, 5712100.