North Dakota

Storm History: Pierce County, North Dakota

314 episodes, 382 events since 1973

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pierce 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
382
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$8.1 million
Episodes
314

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
Hail9200$1.3 million
Tornado6600$2.1 million
Blizzard5800$2.3 million
High Wind3600$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Winter Storm2500
Heavy Snow2100
Thunderstorm Wind1600$1.8 million
Cold/Wind Chill900
Drought900
Flash Flood800$185,000
Flood300$296,000
Funnel Cloud200
Winter Weather200
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
Dense Smoke100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Pierce County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pierce CountyEvery warning in Pierce 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.