Storm History: Walsh County, North Dakota

Events

1,059

Deaths

2

Injuries

2

Damage

$36 million

Episodes

553

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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• Blizzard, April 5, 19971 death · $6.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 27, 20131 death · $30,000 · 3 events here

• Flood, April 19, 1997$10 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, April 4, 1997$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 5, 19971 death · $6.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 27, 2004$1.9 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 18, 1994$1.3 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 3, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2006$975,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 2, 2003$890,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, July 12, 1999$750,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 1997$610,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 2017$600,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Flood, April 7, 2001$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 27, 2004$500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2009$467,000 · EF1 · 14 events here
• Ice Storm, May 11, 2004$400,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 20, 2013$350,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2020$300,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 1999$267,000 · F4 · 5 events here

• Hail, June 29, 20264 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 19824 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2016$60,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, August 2, 1997$610,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 3, 19862.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 19852.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 19842.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 19732.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20132.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 27, 2002$55,000 · 2.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, July 16, 19822.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 19692.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20252 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20132 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, June 6, 1999$267,000 · F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 2007EF4 · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010EF4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 1973F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 1978F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 2001$500 · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 2008$70,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 27, 2016EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 29, 1970F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 1976F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 1976F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 1982F2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 15, 1999F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 2001$2,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2004F2 · 6 events here

Every tornado in Walsh County, with its track

• Hail, June 29, 20264 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 19, 20262 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 11, 20262 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 10, 20262 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 11, 202658 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20264 events here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, December 18, 202555 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 9, 20253 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20252 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 7, 2025EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 202561 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20252 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20252 events here
• Blizzard, January 17, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20241 event here
• High Wind, October 5, 202465 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 5, 202462 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 18, 202452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20242 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20242 events here
• Blizzard, February 26, 202452 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20242 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20242 events here
• Blizzard, January 13, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20242 events here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20232 events here
• Drought, December 5, 20232 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 20234 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20232 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20232 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 20, 20232 events here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 15, 2023$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20232 events here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20233 events 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, 20224 events here
• Tornado, July 22, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 4, 20221 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2022EF1 · 4 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202250 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 17, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20222 events here
• High Wind, April 6, 202252 kt wind · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, February 20, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20222 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20224 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20222 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, February 1, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, January 18, 20222 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20222 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20212 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20212 events here
• Blizzard, December 5, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20212 events here
• Hail, September 15, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20211.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 28, 20212 events here
• High Wind, March 29, 202164 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20212 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20212 events here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20202 events here
• Tornado, August 9, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 24, 20201 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2020$300,000 · 63 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20201.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF0 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20202 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20202 events here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20202 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20202 events here
• High Wind, January 5, 202052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, October 11, 20192 events here
• Winter Storm, October 10, 20192 events here
• Tornado, September 20, 2019EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 2019EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 14, 20191.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 13, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20191.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20190.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 18, 2019$50,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20192 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20192 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, February 24, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20192 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 20192 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20192 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, January 23, 20192 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20192 events here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20182 events here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20182 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20182 events here
• Hail, September 11, 20181.25 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 2018EF2 · 5 events here
• High Wind, June 29, 201863 kt wind · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, May 30, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20182 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20182 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20182 events here
• Blizzard, January 10, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20182 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20172 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 20172 events here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20172 events here
• High Wind, October 26, 201756 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 11, 2017$36,000 · EF2 · 7 events here
• High Wind, June 13, 201761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 2017$600,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2017EF0 · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 201752 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, January 12, 20172 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20172 events here
• Winter Storm, January 2, 20172 events here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20162 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 20162 events here
• Blizzard, December 6, 20162 events here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20162 events here
• Tornado, August 27, 2016EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 19, 2016EF1 · 8 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20161.5 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, June 17, 201651 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2016$60,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20162 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20162 events here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20152 events here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20152 events here
• High Wind, November 18, 201558 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, October 12, 20152 events here
• Hail, September 4, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 2015EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 201560 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 12, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 8, 20151 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, July 5, 2015$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2015EF2 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 7, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 18, 20152 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 20152 events here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20152 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20152 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20152 events here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20152 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2014$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2014$10,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 1, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, March 21, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20142 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, February 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, February 13, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, January 26, 20142 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20142 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20142 events here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20132 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20132 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20132 events here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20132 events here
• Hail, August 29, 20132.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20132 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2013$15,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2013$20,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 31, 2013$20,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2013EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, May 20, 2013$350,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2013$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 27, 20131 death · $30,000 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, April 14, 20132 events here
• Blizzard, March 17, 20132 events here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20132 events here
• Winter Storm, March 3, 20132 events here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20132 events 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, 20132 events here
• Blizzard, January 19, 20132 events here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20132 events here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20122 events here
• Winter Storm, October 4, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20122 events here
• Hail, August 3, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2012EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 201265 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2012EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 7, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 3, 2012EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20122 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20122 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20122 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20122 events here
• High Wind, October 7, 201162 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, September 1, 20111 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 20, 2011$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 3, 2011EF1 · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 26, 20112 events here
• Flood, May 1, 20111 event here
• Flood, April 3, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 11, 20112 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20112 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20112 events here

Earlier years, state by state:

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Tornadoes in Walsh CountyEvery warning in Walsh 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.