Heavy Rain in North Dakota

Events

112

Deaths

1

Injuries

0

Damage

$40,000

• 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 Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 3, 2016$120,000 · EF2 · 42 eventsBy mid to late afternoon of August 3rd, a cold front had moved into central North Dakota. Ahead of the cold front, a warm front extended out to the east, or along the Canadian border.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 19981 injured · $6.9 million · F0 · 27 eventsTornado remained in rural areas and caused no damage. Ground was white with pea size hail after storm lifted.
• Heavy Rain in North Dakota, July 17, 19961 death · 1 eventThe Bismarck area received anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain in an hour. There were reports of manhole covers being blown out. An 80 yr. old man suffered a heart attack while shoveling water away from his apartment complex.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 22 to 23, 20112 injured · $455,000 · EF0 · 39 eventsA severe thunderstorm outbreak materialized over west and south central North Dakota in the late afternoon and evening hours of July 22nd, lasting into the early morning hours of the 23rd. Tornado watch numbers 673, 674, and 675 were in effect for this event.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 26, 20101 injured · $860,000 · EF0 · 32 eventsSevere Thunderstorm Watch number 537 was issued for west and north central North Dakota in the late afternoon hours of Monday, July 26th.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 15 to 16, 2009$2.9 million · 1.75 in hail · 14 eventsAn upper level low pressure system moving slowly across west and central North Dakota coincided with afternoon destabilization of the atmosphere to trigger scattered thunderstorms over the southwest and south central parts of the state.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2011$1.0 million · EF1 · 11 eventsThe combination of upper and lower jet support led to some nocturnal thunderstorms across southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 13, 2017$1.4 million · 1.25 in hail · 21 eventsDuring the late afternoon and evening of the 13th, another round of severe thunderstorms fired up, mainly affecting southeast North Dakota into west central Minnesota.
• Hail and Heavy Rain in North Dakota, June 26, 2008$2.6 million · 1 in hail · 3 eventsSevere thunderstorms struck east central North Dakota Thursday (26th) evening. The storms formed along a persistent low level boundary located across southern Griggs and Steele counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 2 to 3, 2011$880,000 · 1.75 in hail · 22 eventsA mid level short wave impulse ejecting northeast across the Northern High Plains, combined with an eastward advecting cold front and favorable instability parameters to create an environment supportive for severe thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 25, 2011$340,000 · 1.75 in hail · 33 eventsA surface cold front advecting from west to east, coupled with a mid level jet streak, combined with abundant moisture and instability to result in widespread thunderstorm activity during the afternoon and evening hours of June 25th.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 8, 2011$575,000 · EF0 · 19 eventsTornado Watch number 611 was issued in the early afternoon in anticipation of an increasing threat for thunderstorms across west and central North Dakota for the afternoon and evening hours of July 8th.
• Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 29 to 30, 2011$361,000 · 2.5 in hail · 23 eventsTwo waves of severe weather struck west and central North Dakota from the evening of the 29th through the early morning hours of the 30th.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 20 to 21, 2013$305,000 · EF0 · 25 eventsSeveral upper level disturbances in the southwest flow aloft helped to spark an episode of severe weather across eastern North Dakota and the northwest quarter of Minnesota. Numerous reports of large hail, strong winds, and heavy rain were received across these areas.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 22, 2013$230,000 · 1.75 in hail · 30 eventsSevere Thunderstorm Watch numbers 345 and 350 were in effect during this event. A capped atmosphere and weak bulk shear prevented convection over North Dakota while storms were developing over far southeast Montana and eastern Wyoming.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 28 to 29, 2008$465,000 · 1 in hail · 15 eventsA weak surface low pressure system lifted northeast up the Red River Valley, with a warm front extending to its east. Surface dew points were quite juicy, nearly 70F in some areas. As it progressed through, it produced some thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 7 to 8, 2020$305,000 · 1.5 in hail · 21 eventsA bowing line of severe thunderstorms tracked from western into central North Dakota during the evening of Tuesday, July 7th. Slightly after midnight CDT, July 8th, storms out ahead of the main bowing segment entered the Barnes/Griggs county area.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 2020$600,000 · 63 kt wind · 6 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms formed over the northern Red River Valley during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 4th. A couple of the individual storm cells became fairly strong, but the main hazard shifted to heavy rain.
• Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, May 25, 2013$310,000 · 2.75 in hail · 17 eventsTornado Watch number 217 was in effect during this event. Thunderstorms developing in the afternoon, in the warm sector of an area of low pressure, continued into the evening as an upper level short wave trough moved into the Dakotas.
• Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, August 15 to 16, 2011$210,000 · 2 in hail · 22 eventsA severe weather outbreak unfolded during the late afternoon and evening of the 15th as thunderstorms developed and intensified along several boundaries over southwest and south central North Dakota.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 16 to 17, 2011$103,000 · EF1 · 10 eventsThe 16th was hot and humid with late afternoon temperatures topping out in the 80s to around 90 and dew point temperatures well into the 70s. This created a large amount of instability. By early in the evening, thunderstorms began to flare up again aided by a weak low level jet.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 12, 2007$300,000 · EF0 · 5 eventsIn the early afternoon of Tuesday June 12th, Tornado Watch 389 was issued in anticipation of severe thunderstorms developing during the afternoon hours. Several severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings were issued.
• Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 2012$145,000 · 65 kt wind · 13 eventsOn the morning of July 4th, a cold front pushed into central North Dakota, eventually reaching eastern North Dakota around the noon hour. Ahead of the front, a stationary boundary also set up, basically running along the U. S. Highway 2 corridor.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 26, 2009$74,000 · EF0 · 22 eventsIn the early afternoon of June 26th, Severe Thunderstorm Watch 518 was issued in anticipation of severe thunderstorms developing and intensifying along and ahead of a surface boundary across western South Dakota and central North Dakota, and ahead of a series of upper level…

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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.