Funnel Cloud in North Dakota

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• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 26, 20071 death · 18 injured · $52 million · EF4 · 36 eventsA cold front moved across North Dakota on the 26th, with a hot and humid airmass in place ahead of the front. At 6 pm CST, a surface low was located over southern Manitoba (Canada), just north of Pembina, ND.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 9 to 10, 20181 death · 28 injured · $3.5 million · EF2 · 16 eventsSevere thunderstorms moved from southeast Saskatchewan into northeast Montana, and then into northwest North Dakota where the environment was rich in low level moisture with enhanced deep and low level shear.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 12, 20101 death · 1 injured · $2.2 million · EF3 · 21 eventsA significant severe weather event evolved during the evening hours of Thursday, August 12th, and continued into the early morning hours of Friday, August 13th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 17, 20101 injured · EF4 · 30 eventsConditions were ripe by the afternoon of the 17th for a major severe weather outbreak. A surface low had moved into east central North Dakota with an occluded front extending to the southeast.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 8 to 9, 20092 injured · $22 million · EF3 · 26 eventsIn the mid afternoon hours of Wednesday, July 8th, Tornado Watch 563 was issued for all of western and parts of central North Dakota, due to the expected widespread and dangerous development and rapid intensification of thunderstorms near a surface trough along the western North…
• Tornado in North Dakota, August 7, 2010EF4 · 2 eventsBy late in the day on the 7th, an east-west lying warm front had set up just north of the South Dakota border, extending eastward into west central Minnesota. South of the warm front, temperatures were in the mid to upper 80s with dew points in the lower 70s.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 28 to 29, 20181 death · 4 injured · $3.4 million · 3.5 in hail · 62 eventsAn extremely unstable atmosphere combined with very strong deep layer wind shear set the stage for intense thunderstorm development. Initially, thunderstorms were supercells, and formed along a warm front that lifted through North Dakota in the afternoon and evening hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2007$245 million · EF2 · 54 eventsAt 3 pm CST on the 15th, a stationary front was located from near Minot (ND) to Jamestown (ND) to near Sisseton (SD). South of the front, mid afternoon temperatures ranged in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 17, 20111 injured · $1.2 million · EF3 · 32 eventsA prolonged severe weather event materialized July 17th with an extremely unstable atmosphere present and supportive mid level dynamics.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 7, 2008$877,000 · EF3 · 22 eventsAn area of low pressure moved along the Canadian border on Monday (7th) and developed several severe thunderstorms. A triple point, or the intersection of multiple boundaries, formed in north central North Dakota, and resulted in several tornado reports.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 2017$9.7 million · EF2 · 54 eventsDuring the day of June 9th, temperatures over eastern North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota topped out in the upper 70s along the Canadian border to lower 90s along the North Dakota/South Dakota border.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 10, 2011$8.7 million · EF2 · 21 eventsLate in the afternoon of the 10th, an area of weak surface low pressure was located over north central South Dakota. There were several boundaries in the vicinity, but these were also fairly weak.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 14, 2010$4.7 million · EF2 · 15 eventsUnusually warm and humid air remained in place during the early morning hours of the 14th, especially along and south of the Interstate 94 corridor. Temperatures hovered in the lower 70s with dew point temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 2017$1.8 million · EF2 · 34 eventsAfter morning showers moved through eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, clouds decreased and allowed for some decent afternoon warming. Highs warmed into the low 90s over all of east central and southeast North Dakota, along with dew point values in the lower 70s.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, May 30, 2011$2.4 million · EF2 · 27 eventsAn impressive set up for severe weather occurred on the evening of the 30th. A surface low set up near Fargo with a warm front extending out to its east. Meanwhile, a cold front extended to the south, down into central Nebraska.
• Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 13 to 14, 20102 injured · $17 million · 5 in hail · 55 eventsLarge scale forcing associated with a dynamic upper level trough coincided with very strong deep layer shear and very steep mid level lapse rates to trigger rapid thunderstorm development and intensification across southwest and south central North Dakota.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 10 to 11, 20162 injured · $22 million · 3.25 in hail · 47 eventsIntense supercells formed in southwest North Dakota during the late afternoon with strong instability and deep layer shear in place.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 3, 2016$1.9 million · EF2 · 15 eventsA deep low pressure system developed over eastern Montana and lifted northeast. As it did, a cold front pushed into western North Dakota. Ahead of the front, impressive instability developed over the central part of the state as moisture surged into the area.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 1997$16 million · F1 · 35 eventsHail covered ground
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, September 20 to 21, 2019$72 million · EF0 · 25 eventsBy the late afternoon of the 20th, a weak area of surface low pressure set up near Devils Lake, with the warm front extending out to the east-southeast. Temperatures had risen into the mid 70s to low 80s in the warm sector, with dew points in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 17, 2001$5.2 million · F1 · 52 eventsThe hail battered a farmhouse, denting the siding and putting holes in the gutters. Several windows were broken and the shingles were damaged.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2011$485,000 · EF2 · 25 eventsA strong short wave trough ejecting into the Northern Plains, coupled with increasing large scale ascent ahead of an upper level jet streak, brought widespread severe weather to much of southwest and south central North Dakota during the evening hours of June 12th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 9, 2021$199,000 · EF2 · 39 eventsSevere thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon and early evening, extending into the overnight period. Damaging wind gusts, large hail, and tornadoes were all reported through the course of the event.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, May 24, 2010$5.0 million · EF1 · 40 eventsA surface warm front continued to lift slowly north across southern North Dakota during the day on Monday, May 24th, in advance of a potent upper level trough racing northeast across the Rocky Mountains and towards the Northern Plains.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 2011$490,000 · EF2 · 16 eventsBy late in the afternoon of the 4th, temperatures had risen into the 80s to low 90s with dew points in the low 70s. This created an extremely unstable airmass over eastern North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota.

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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.