Storm History: Stark County, North Dakota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stark 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
- 729
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $37 million
- Episodes
- 499
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 206 | 1 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Tornado | 185 | 0 | 2 | $23 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 80 | 0 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| High Wind | 71 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Blizzard | 49 | 0 | 6 | $4.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 1 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $377,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2005
- Blizzard, April 4, 1997
- Hail, August 15, 1999
- Blizzard, January 9, 1997
- Hail, August 6, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Blizzard, January 24, 2010
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2006
- Lightning, August 2, 1996
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Blizzard, January 4, 1997
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, August 30, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 4, 1964
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Hail, August 15, 1999
- Hail, June 9, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, July 4, 1978
- Tornado, July 31, 1966
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 10, 1952
- Tornado, April 22, 1957
- Tornado, June 4, 1976
- Tornado, June 14, 1977
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Tornado, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 9, 2026
- Tornado, June 7, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Hail, August 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- Tornado, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, June 19, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Tornado, July 5, 2024
- Tornado, June 27, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Hail, August 30, 2023
- Tornado, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2023
- Dense Smoke, May 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 15, 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
- High Wind, October 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2022
- Hail, July 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2022
- Hail, June 20, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2022
- High Wind, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 7, 2022
- Blizzard, April 23, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Blizzard, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Drought, January 18, 2022
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- High Wind, November 11, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 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
- Drought, March 23, 2021
- High Wind, February 22, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, October 14, 2020
- High Wind, October 12, 2020
- High Wind, September 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Hail, July 3, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2019
- Blizzard, October 9, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2019
- Hail, August 4, 2019
- Hail, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 26, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2018
- Hail, September 6, 2018
- Hail, September 3, 2018
- Hail, July 24, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 31, 2018
- Hail, May 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 12, 2018
- Blizzard, March 5, 2018
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Hail, July 20, 2017
- Hail, June 9, 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
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Hail, July 22, 2016
- Hail, July 10, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Hail, June 2, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Wildfire, October 11, 2015
- Hail, September 30, 2015
- Hail, September 16, 2015
- Hail, September 5, 2015
- High Wind, August 22, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Tornado, July 26, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- Tornado, June 2, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2015
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- High Wind, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 29, 2014
- Blizzard, March 31, 2014
- Blizzard, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 15, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Blizzard, December 9, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2013
- Tornado, August 30, 2013
- Hail, August 6, 2013
- Tornado, July 21, 2013
- Hail, May 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- High Wind, May 14, 2013
- Blizzard, April 14, 2013
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- High Wind, August 24, 2012
- Hail, July 11, 2012
- Wildfire, March 19, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, September 19, 2011
- Hail, August 31, 2011
- Hail, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2011
- Tornado, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, June 12, 2011
- Tornado, June 7, 2011
- High Wind, May 31, 2011
- High Wind, May 16, 2011
- Blizzard, April 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2011
- Blizzard, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, March 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 19, 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
- Blizzard, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, September 9, 2010
- Tornado, August 12, 2010
- Hail, August 9, 2010
- Hail, July 29, 2010
- Tornado, July 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2010
- High Wind, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, May 4, 2010
- High Wind, April 8, 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
- High Wind, September 27, 2009
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 11, 2009
- Tornado, July 8, 2009
- Lightning, July 7, 2009
- Hail, July 5, 2009
- Tornado, June 24, 2009
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Winter Weather, June 6, 2009
- Hail, May 12, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 22, 2009
- Flood, March 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Stark CountyEvery warning in Stark 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.