Hail, Mountrail
- When
- July 5, 1:58 PM CST to 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County, 6.16 mi SW of Parshall Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -102.240
Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 2010
An area of surface low pressure and its associated cold front pushing east across North Dakota coincided with an approaching mid level short wave trough to trigger afternoon scattered thunderstorms over northwest and north central North Dakota Monday, July 5th. Several reports of large hail were received.
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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Events
- 5
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 BIS wrote it up.
An area of surface low pressure and its associated cold front pushing east across North Dakota coincided with an approaching mid level short wave trough to trigger afternoon scattered thunderstorms over northwest and north central North Dakota Monday, July 5th.
Several reports of large hail were received.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mountrail
- When
- July 5, 2:15 PM CST to 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County, 6.36 mi ESE of New Town
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -102.350
Hail, Ward
- When
- July 5, 2:48 PM CST to 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County, 0.46 mi W of Ryder
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -101.680
Large hail up to the size of golf balls broke windows and damaged crops in and around the town of Ryder.
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 5, 4:18 PM CST to 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 1.15 mi SE of Karlsruhe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.090, -100.600
Hail, McHenry
- When
- July 5, 4:18 PM CST to 4:24 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, 0.69 mi S of Karlsruhe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 48.090, -100.620
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
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, July 5 to 7, 2010
- Flood in Iowa, July 5 to 7, 2010
- Flood in Iowa, July 5 to 6, 2010
- Flood in Missouri, July 5 to 10, 2010
- Flood in Iowa, July 5 to 10, 2010
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 5 to 6, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, July 5 to 9, 2010
- Excessive Heat in New Jersey, July 5 to 7, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, July 5 to 7, 2010
- Funnel Clouds in Minnesota, July 5, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 5, 2010
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, July 2010
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: 247194, 247195, 247196, 247197, 247199.