During the afternoon and evening hours of the 7th, clusters of severe storms moved from the NW to the S through Eastern North Dakota. These storms produced large hail and wind damage across Eastern North Dakota.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
During the afternoon and evening hours of the 7th, clusters of severe storms moved from the NW to the S through Eastern North Dakota. These storms produced large hail and wind damage across Eastern North Dakota.
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.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 1:44 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
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National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
229 PM CDT Wed Jun 7 2023
NDZ026-027-072000-
Nelson ND-Grand Forks ND-
229 PM CDT Wed Jun 7 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Grand
Forks and east central Nelson Counties through 300 PM CDT...
At 229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Niagara, or 36 miles southwest of Grafton, moving southeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Larimore, Petersburg, Niagara, McCanna and Logan Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4801 9805 4809 9781 4789 9751 4773 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 334DEG 14KT 4799 9788
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
RickThe Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy crop damage to corn from strong winds and possibly hail.
Local Law Enforcement relayed report of windshield damage to vehicle from quarter-size hail.
Report of nickel to quarter-size hail by sheriff department.
Just west of Argusville report of golf ball size hail from broadcast media.
Uprooted trees. Large 8-inch tree branches on the road. Seven large trees down.
Semi-truck blown off the road.
Large trees snapped a couple of feet above the ground.
Brief spin up of weak tornado that lasted less than 10 secs just north of the SD/ND border in open fields. No damage discerned from video recording.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Dakota, 2023Warnings in North Dakota, June 2023
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: 1098766, 1098755, 1098761, 1098763, 1098767, 1098769, 1098771, 1115214.