Hail, Ramsey
- When
- May 6, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, 6 mi NW of Devils Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.167, -98.950
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
7 hail, 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:46 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Benson
- When
- May 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benson County, 13 mi SE of Minnewaukan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.933, -99.050
Hail, Benson
- When
- May 6, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Benson County, 5 mi E of St Michael
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -98.567
Hail, Cavalier
- When
- May 6, 1:30 AM CST to 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cavalier County, Osnabrock
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.667, -98.150
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- May 6, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, Devils Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- May 6, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, Webster
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.283, -98.867
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- May 6, 1:47 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, 5 mi W of Edmore
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.417, -98.567
Thunderstorm Wind, Pembina
- When
- May 6, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pembina County, 5 mi W of Pembina
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.967, -97.367
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Wyoming, May 6, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in Maryland, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 2000
- Heat in District of Columbia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Heat in West Virginia, May 6 to 9, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6, 2000
- Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6 to 8, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, May 6, 2000
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, May 2000
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: 5144560, 5144561, 5144557, 5144559, 5144562, 5144563, 5144564, 5144558.