Storm History: Nelson County, North Dakota

Events

725

Deaths

0

Injuries

1

Damage

$57 million

Episodes

516

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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None recorded.

• Tornado, June 12, 2000$14 million · F1 · 16 events here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 1997$10 million · F0 · 10 events here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 5, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2001$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 1987$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001$200,000 · F3 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2009$120,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 1999$100,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 1, 1999$100,000 · 66 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 22, 2010$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 2017$60,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 29, 1996$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$45,000 · EF1 · 1 event here

• Hail, July 7, 19904.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 20073 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20162.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 20052.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 1997$500 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 19922.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 25, 19912.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 19842.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20132.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20162 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 20, 2025EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 1999$100,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 26, 2007EF4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 1971F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 1981F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 1986F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 21, 1987$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001$200,000 · F3 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 1976F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 1982F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2001$1,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2004F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 27, 2015EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Nelson County, with its track

• Frost/Freeze, May 19, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 11, 20261 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20262 events here
• Blizzard, December 18, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 9, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2025EF5 · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 18, 20241 event here
• High Wind, October 5, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 5, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 202466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 13, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 20, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, November 9, 20222 events here
• High Wind, November 6, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 2022EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20221.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 23, 2022EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 17, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20212 events here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20211 event here
• Tornado, August 22, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 9, 2021EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20211.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 28, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 24, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 11, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 7, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 5, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 30, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, October 11, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, October 10, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019$10 million · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 19, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 2019EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 8, 2019EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20191.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 15, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, January 23, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 4, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 201896 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 2018EF2 · 2 events here
• High Wind, June 29, 201863 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 2018EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 1, 2017EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 10, 2017$60,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 2017EF2 · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 12, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 7, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 6, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20162.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 2016EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20162 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 17, 201651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20162.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 7, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201558 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 2015EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF0 · 3 events here
• Flood, July 5, 201552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 27, 2015EF2 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 18, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20151 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 2014EF1 · 6 events here
• Blizzard, April 1, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 29, 20132.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 21, 2013EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, March 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, January 19, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 3, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 10, 20121 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2012EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20121.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 1, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201162 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20111.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 201191 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2011$16,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20111 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2011$12,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 3, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2011$60,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 26, 20111 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, April 15, 20111 event here
• Flood, April 10, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, March 22, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20111 event here
• High Wind, February 13, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 19, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201058 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, October 26, 20101 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20101 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2010$3,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20101 event here
• High Wind, May 25, 20101 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$45,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 22, 2010$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 24, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 23, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20091 event here
• Flood, August 1, 20091 event here
• Flood, July 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2009$120,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2009$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here

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

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.