...Earliest severe size hail in North Dakota reported yesterday February 21, 2017... Around 635 PM CST yesterday February 21, 2017 one inch diameter hail fell 6 miles north of Hettinger, Adams County. This is the earliest report of severe size hail ever in North Dakota in the calendar year, based on National Weather Service records. This is the only report of severe hail in the month of February in North Dakota. The previous earliest severe hail report was on March 26, 2003 with 0.88 inch hail reported at McHenry in Foster County. This day also had the earliest tornado report in North Dakota. A tornado occurred near Edmunds in Stutsman County. The tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm as the hail. This earliest hail record was tied on March 26, 2004 when 0.88 inch hail fell in Bowman, Bowman County. Again the hail that fell yesterday was the only severe hail ever reported in February in North Dakota. Here are all of the March severe hail reports for North Dakota. 03 26 2003 0.88 inch McHenry, Foster County 03 26 2004 0.88 inch Bowman, Bowman County 03 27 2004 0.88 inch Taylor, Stark County 03 27 2004 0.88 inch North of Hettinger, Adams County 03 27 2004 0.88 inch Lehr, Logan County 03 27 2004 0.75 inch Pekin, Nelson County 03 28 2007 1.00 inch Max, McLean County 03 29 2012 1.00 inch Ashley, McIntosh County 03 31 1999 1.00 inch Englevale, Ransom County Note that the definition of severe hail changed from 0.75 inch diameter to 1.00 inch diameter in 2010.