1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the side of a house in Lisbon. The strike blew the telephone box off the side of the house and knocked a hole in the house foundation.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, October 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5426569.