North Dakota

Storm History: McIntosh County, North Dakota

362 episodes, 454 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McIntosh County, North Dakota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
454
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
362

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail11700$3.7 million
Tornado10200$1.4 million
Blizzard6400$8.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind3600$199,000
High Wind3200$20,000
Winter Storm2200
Heavy Snow2200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Flash Flood1000$246,000
Cold/Wind Chill910
Drought700
Winter Weather400
Flood300$127,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heat100
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Freezing Fog100$175,000
Dense Smoke100
Ice Storm100$750,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in McIntosh County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in McIntosh CountyEvery warning in McIntosh County since 1986Every county in North Dakota

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.