Logan County, North Dakota severe weather history spans 191 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The dominant hazard is hail, accounting for 59.7% of all recorded events. It ranks #2,492 nationally and #45 in North Dakota.
191
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
10
Direct injuries
$5.7M
Property damage
The record
What the Logan County, North Dakota severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Logan County, North Dakota severe weather history averages 2.9 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2000s, with 59 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 32 events fall before 1990 and 159 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The costliest is thunderstorm wind, with $2.3M in reported property damage. In total, 8 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Logan County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 114 | 0 | $2.1M | 3.5 | 1958–2025 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | $2.3M | 87 | 1969–2024 |
| Tornado | 18 | 0 | $780K | F3 | 1965–2024 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | $84K | 0 | 1997–2018 |
| Flash Flood | 3 | 0 | $269K | 0 | 2005–2014 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2016–2023 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | $171K | 0 | 2009–2009 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2013–2013 |
Decade by decade
Logan County, North Dakota severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
18 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 16 touched down inside it and 2 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-10 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1999-08-15 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1974-08-19 | EF2 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 1974-08-19 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 1964-05-05 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 47.5 mi | Crossed in |
| 1990-07-16 | EF1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1985-08-22 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 1980-05-27 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 mi | Crossed in |
| 1966-05-22 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 mi | Touched down here |
| 1966-05-22 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 mi | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Logan County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1974 | Tornado | 0 | 3 | $0 | |
| Jun 29, 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | BURNSTAD | 0 | 2 | $0 |
| Jul 17, 1990 | Tornado | 0 | 2 | $250K | |
| Aug 20, 1974 | Tornado | 0 | 2 | $0 | |
| Jun 25, 1998 | Hail | GACKLE | 0 | 1 | $20K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
There was significant damage to farms from about six miles west of Napoleon to about two miles northwest of Napoleon. Damage was done to pole barns and other outbuildings. Six power poles were snapped and one cow was killed in the area west of Napoleon. There was also crop damage.
A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that an EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale touched down around seven miles south southwest of Napoleon, then moved east southeast before lifting four miles east of Burnstad. No fewer than three farmsteads were damaged along the path of the tornado. The worst damage occurred seven miles south southwest of Napoleon, where the tornado picked up and threw an 18 thousand bushel grain bin 250 yards, and also destroyed 1,800 feet of shelter belt trees near 100 feet tall. East southeast of this farmstead, the tornado lifted and rolled a ten ton grain bin three quarters of one mile to another farmstead, where it impacted and damaged a barn. The damage corresponded to EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. From that it was determined that wind speeds with this tornado were around 120 miles per hour.
Multiple reports from various sources of large hail over north central and northeast Logan County, including in the city of Napoleon. Most of the hail was 1.50 to 2.50 inches in diameter. The largest stones were 3.50 inches diameter from 4 miles northeast of Napoleon to 8 miles northeast of Napoleon, and in the area 17 miles east of Napoleon. The swath of hail damage to crops was a few miles wide in spots. Reports came from law enforcement, newspapers, emergency management, weather spotters, and the public. The same supercell storm produced two tornadoes in Logan County on August 26.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Very Low
FEMA NRI risk rating
1,819
Population (ACS)
$102K
Median home value
26
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2024 | Winter Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS | DR |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Severe Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM AND FLOODING | DR |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Flood | FLOODING | DR |
| Apr 1, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 | EM |
| Jan 21, 2020 | Flood | FLOODING | DR |
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Logan County, North Dakota?
191 events are on record between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths and $5.7M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Logan County?
Hail, with 114 recorded events — 59.7% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Logan County?
18 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 16 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Logan County?
26 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Logan County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Logan County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Logan County as very low risk, placing it in the 10 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Logan County, North Dakota severe weather history data come from?
Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.
Nearby
Neighbouring counties
- LaMoure County 275
- McHenry County 354
- Kidder County 255
- McIntosh County 265
- Hettinger County 303
- McKenzie County 413
Cite this page
“Logan County, North Dakota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-dakota/logan-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.