Hail — Mckenzie, North Dakota

2024-05-17 · near Keene, Mckenzie, North Dakota

Event narrative

The hail combined with wind to lay down five inch tall wheat, but most of it was expected to recover.

Wider weather episode

An upper level short-wave trough and a cold front pushed through western and central North Dakota resulting in thunderstorms developing by mid-afternoon. The main threat from these storms was damaging wind gusts, but a few storms produced large hail. The strongest reported wind gust of 70 mph occurred at the Hettinger Airport in Adams County, while the largest hail reported was the size of a half-dollar, which occurred near Burt in Hettinger County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1179872. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.