Hail, Barnes
- When
- July 27, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 8 mi N of Litchville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.770, -98.180
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 27, 1999
15 hail, 7 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
Event by event
15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Barnes
- When
- July 27, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 14 mi E of Valley City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -97.700
Hail, Barnes
- When
- July 27, 1:56 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Nome
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -97.870
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 3 mi S of Buffalo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.870, -97.530
One inch hail was reported at the 1-94 exit to Buffalo.
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 1 mi S of Buffalo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -97.530
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 2 mi W of Arthur
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -97.270
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:26 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Amenia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.980, -97.170
Hail, Barnes
- When
- July 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, 6 mi SE of Nome
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -97.780
Hail, Barnes
- When
- July 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Barnes County, Nome
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.680, -97.870
Hail, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 2 mi NE of Enderlin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.630, -97.550
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Casselton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -97.200
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Argusville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.050, -96.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Mc Leod
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.300
Large trees were uprooted. One tree fell on a trailer home.
Hail, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 7 mi N of Lisbon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.530, -97.680
Hail, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, Ft Ransom
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.520, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Wyndmere
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 13 mi NE of Lisbon
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.570, -97.480
Large trees were blown down.
Hail, Cass
- When
- July 27, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, West Fargo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Ransom
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ransom County, 6 mi NW of Mc Leod
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.470, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 2 mi E of Wyndmere
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -97.080
Tornado, Richland
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 9 mi N of Wyndmere
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, 3 mi N of Wyndmere
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.320, -97.130
Trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Wyndmere
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -97.130
Trees were blown down in Wyndmere and some siding on a church was torn off.
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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- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 27, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 27, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 27, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 27, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27 to 28, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 27, 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5709363, 5709364, 5709365, 5709356, 5709357, 5709366, 5709367, 5709368, 5709369, 5709370, 5709371, 5709372, 5709358, 5709373, 5709359, 5709374, 5709375, 5709376, 5709360, 5709361, 5709362, 5709377, 5709477.