Hail in North Dakota

Events

10,026

Deaths

0

Injuries

32

Damage

$795 million

• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 195710 deaths · 103 injured · $25 million · F5 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 19785 deaths · 35 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 26 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 20 to 21, 20253 deaths · EF5 · 49 eventsDuring the evening of Friday, June 20th into the early morning hours of June 21st, much of the region was affected by severe weather.
• 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.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 29, 19751 death · 4 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 4 events
• 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 Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 12 to 30, 20002 deaths · $64 million · F1 · 62 eventsTrees were blown down northeast of Grafton.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20 to 21, 20251 death · 1 injured · $22 million · EF2 · 110 eventsAn outbreak of severe thunderstorms brought extreme winds, very large hail, and multiple tornadoes across much of southern North Dakota from the late afternoon into the nighttime hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 18, 2004$2.6 million · F4 · 23 eventsA tornado briefly touched down southeast of Emerado.
• 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 6, 1999$1.4 million · F4 · 22 eventsTwin tornadoes were reported.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 26, 198613 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 17 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 8 to 9, 20192 deaths · 2 injured · $865,000 · EF0 · 22 eventsA surface boundary stretching from southwest into north central North Dakota served as the primary focal point for thunderstorm development in an atmosphere of very high instability.
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 1 to 25, 19971 death · 2 injured · $1.2 million · F2 · 74 eventslightning struck a barn causing it to catch fire. A nearby farm caught fire as well. Both barns were destroyed.
• 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…
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 8, 200113 injured · $19 million · F2 · 43 eventsThe tornado began northwest of Maddock and travelled along a path intermittently to near Flora and near Oberon. A 40x60 foot metal shed was demolished. About 2 miles northeast of Maddock, a grain bin was pulled from its foundation and thrown about 500 yards.
• 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 21, 1987$1.6 million · F3 · 29 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2001$484,000 · F3 · 37 eventsThe ground was white with hail.
• 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, August 23, 19683 injured · $500,000 · F3 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 30, 1981$503,000 · F3 · 22 events

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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.