North Dakota, 2010

Hail in North Dakota, July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010 · NWS FGF · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Showers and thunderstorms over north central North Dakota moved southeast across southwest Benson and northwest Eddy counties late in the evening of the 20th before weakening. Several hours later, another storm fired up over southeast Barnes and north central Ransom county.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.

Showers and thunderstorms over north central North Dakota moved southeast across southwest Benson and northwest Eddy counties late in the evening of the 20th before weakening. Several hours later, another storm fired up over southeast Barnes and north central Ransom county. There was very little surface convergence to work with, but there was a fairly potent upper level disturbance moving through.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Benson

When
July 20, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Benson County, 3.09 mi SSW of Flora
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
47.910, -99.450

Hail, Eddy

When
July 20, 8:05 PM CST
Where
Eddy County, 3.33 mi NW of Brantford
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
47.640, -98.920

Hail, Barnes

When
July 20, 11:25 PM CST
Where
Barnes County, 1.68 mi SW of Lucca
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.680, -97.820

The hail destroyed a personal garden.

Hail, Ransom

When
July 20, 11:45 PM CST
Where
Ransom County, 2.02 mi WSW of Enderlin Arpt
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.610, -97.660

The hail destroyed a personal garden.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 235857, 235858, 235860, 235862.