Storm History: Mercer County, North Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mercer 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
- 528
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 385
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 146 | 0 | 4 | $5.8 million |
| Hail | 133 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Blizzard | 49 | 0 | 3 | $3.5 million |
| High Wind | 45 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 1 | $2.6 million |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Flood, March 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Tornado, June 18, 1956
- Tornado, July 19, 1976
- Tornado, July 4, 1988
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- Hail, July 3, 2016
- Hail, August 11, 1993
- Tornado, July 6, 2014
- Tornado, June 13, 1999
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Hail, August 12, 1994
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Tornado, June 10, 2021
- Hail, July 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 28, 2026
- Tornado, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Tornado, August 30, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Hail, September 16, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Hail, June 17, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Tornado, August 1, 2023
- Hail, May 27, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Flood, April 11, 2023
- Blizzard, April 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2023
- Blizzard, December 25, 2022
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Blizzard, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Blizzard, December 26, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 16, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 10, 2021
- Hail, June 5, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, September 2, 2020
- Hail, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- High Wind, March 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Tornado, July 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Tornado, June 14, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Hail, July 14, 2017
- Blizzard, March 6, 2017
- High Wind, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Blizzard, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2016
- Hail, August 15, 2016
- Tornado, July 20, 2016
- Hail, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 3, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Hail, July 15, 2015
- Tornado, June 24, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Tornado, July 6, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Tornado, August 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Blizzard, February 2, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, August 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Hail, June 13, 2012
- Hail, June 6, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 31, 2011
- Hail, August 15, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Hail, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 8, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Flood, June 2, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- Blizzard, May 1, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- High Wind, February 13, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2010
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, September 9, 2010
- Tornado, August 1, 2010
- Hail, July 29, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2010
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Tornado, July 11, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Flood, April 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2009
- High Wind, January 31, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard, January 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Blizzard, December 13, 2008
- Blizzard, November 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2008
- Tornado, July 28, 2008
- Tornado, July 19, 2008
- High Wind, July 12, 2008
- High Wind, July 11, 2008
- Tornado, July 10, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 24, 2008
- Tornado, June 18, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2008
- High Wind, November 13, 2007
- Hail, July 2, 2007
- Tornado, June 12, 2007
- Tornado, May 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2007
- Funnel Cloud, May 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, July 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 12, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2006
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Hail, September 8, 2005
- Hail, August 1, 2005
- Lightning, July 16, 2005
- Hail, July 7, 2005
- Hail, July 7, 2005
- Hail, July 2, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2005
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Hail, May 21, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Mercer CountyEvery warning in Mercer 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.