Grand Forks, ND

Weather Forecast Office

Event Summaries

Severe Thunderstorms / Tornadoes
Flooding
Winter
Heat / Cold
Other

Severe Thunderstorms / Tornadoes

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread thunderstorm outbreaks and tornadoes. Tornadoes, hail, wind damage, and flash flooding impacts can be found in these summaries.

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2026

No event summaries have been completed yet for this year

2025

August 8th: QLCS Tornado Outbreak
June 20th: Derecho and Tornado Outbreak

2024

August 3rd: Large Hail
July 31st: Wind and Hail
July 23rd: Wind and Hail
July 13th: Barney EF1
June 17th/18th: Wind Event

2023

July 13th: Significant hail and damaging winds
June 24th: Tornadoes in northwest Minnesota

2022

August 5th: Evening large hail
July 14th/15th: Overnight large hail
June 24th: Seven storms
June 19th/20th: Severe storms
June 12th: Severe storms
May 30th: Wind and tornado event
May 12th: Midwest derecho

2021

October 9th: Tornadoes and heavy rainfall
August 20th: Severe weather from supercells
August 9th: Severe weather northeast ND
July 26th: Large hail and tornadoes
July 23rd: Hail and wind
June 11th: Damaging winds
June 7th/8th: Hail and wind
June 5th/6th: Damaging winds

2020

August 14th: Tornadoes and flash flooding
August 9th: Hail, wind, and tornadoes
July 17th: EF-1 tornado near Church's Ferry
July 8th: EF-4 tornado near Ashby-Dalton
June 17th: Severe wind and hail
June 8th: Tornadoes, wind and hail
June 7th: Severe weather event

2019

Sept 20th-21st: Flash flooding Grand Forks
Sept 2nd: Fargo wind damage
July 14th: Wind, hail, and heavy rain
July 9th: Tornadoes and strong winds
July 8th: Fargo flash flooding
July 3rd: Damaging hail and wind
June 29th/30th: Damaging Hail and Winds
June 29th: Wake Low for eastern ND
June 7th/8th: NW MN severe storms/tornado
June 4th: Beltrami County hail
May 24th: Waubun, MN twin tornadoes
May 15th: Hail and Damaging Wind Event

2018

Aug 26-27: Winger and Pine Lake tornadoes
July 11th: Ponemah and Saum Tornadoes
July 8th: Milnor, ND Tornado
July 8th: Early Morning Wind Event
July 4th: Bemidji Tornado
July 2nd: Severe Hail
June 28th/29th: Widespread Damaging Winds
June 14th/15th: Towner and Cavalier Tornadoes
June 8th: Petersburg and Emerado Tornadoes
June 5th/6th: Red River Valley Hail/Wind

2017

Sept 19th: Beltrami and Litchville Tornadoes
Sept 1st: Eastern ND Tornado
July 31st: Hail and Damaging Winds
July 21st-22nd: Bemidji Wind Damage
July 11th: Tornado Outbreak (11 total)
June 13th: Grand Forks Wake Low
June 9th: 3 ND Tornadoes
June 7th: Inkster and Hatton Tornadoes
March 23rd-24th: Rain and Small Hail

2016

Aug 28th: Tornado Summary
Aug 27th: Tornado Summary
Aug 3rd: Severe Summary
July 19th: Severe Summary
June 17th: Morning Wind Damage
May 22nd: Grand Forks Wind

2015

Aug 28th: Baseball Hail
Aug 12th: 4.5 Inch Hail (Roseau)
July 23rd-24th: Rindal/Tolna Tornadoes
June 27th: Outbreak (19 tornadoes)
June 22nd: Mahnomen Tornado

2014

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2013

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2012

June 20th: Grand Forks tornadoes
April 21st: West-central MN Tornadoes

2011

July 20th: Downburst NW MN

2010

June 17th: Historic Tornado Outbreak

2009

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2008

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2007

Aug 26th: Northwood EF4
June 7th: Otter Tail Tornadoes

2006

Aug 5th: Warroad F3

2005

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2004

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2003

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2002

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2001

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2000

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Flooding

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread riverine flooding.

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2009

Spring 2009: Visible Satellite imagery

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Winter Storms

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread winter storms.

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2026

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2025

Dec 28: Blizzard
Dec 18: Blizzard
Dec 9: Winter Storm
Nov 25: Blizzard

2024

Dec 4th: Snow Squalls
March 24th-27th: Heavy Snow
Feb 27th: Blizzard
Jan 11th/13th: Blizzard

2023

Dec 25th-27th: Ice Storm
Oct 25th-27th: Heavy Snow
April 4th-6th: Blizzard
Feb 28th-March 1st: Heavy Snow
Feb 14th: Blizzard

2022

Dec 23rd: Ground Blizzard
Dec 12th-16th: Blizzard
Nov 9th-11th: Winter Storm
Feb 10th-11th: Blizzard
Jan 31st-Feb 1st: Blizzard
Jan 4th: Blizzard

2021

Dec 4th-6th: Heavy Snow/Blizzard

2020

Dec 23rd: Blizzard
April 1st-3rd: Snow and Ice
Feb 12th: Ground Blizzard
Jan 17th-18th: Blizzard

2019

Dec 28-29: Blizzard
Nov 30th: Winter Storm
Oct 10th-12th: Blizzard
April 11th: Blizzard
March 13th-14th: Blizzard
Jan 27th: Blizzard

2018

Dec 31: Ground Blizzard
Dec 26-27: Blizzard
Oct 10-11: Heavy Snow
Jan 10th-11th: Blizzard

2017

Dec 20th: Heavy Snow
Dec 4th: Blizzard
March 6-8: Blizzard

2016

Dec 25th-26th: Christmas Blizzard
Feb 7th-8th: Blizzard

2015

Jan 8th: Ground Blizzard

2014

Jan 26th: Ground Blizzard

2013

March 3rd: Heavy Snow

2012

Feb 28th-29th: Heavy Snow

2011

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2010

Dec 30th-31st: Heavy Snow

2009

Dec 24-25th: Record Snow

2008

April 5-7th: Heavy Snow

2007

March 15th-16th: Heavy Snow

2006

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Historic

March 1966: Severe Blizzard

Extreme Heat & Cold

Jan 2019: Extreme Cold Outbreak

Other Events

Aug 2017: Heavy Rain