Tornado Hits Oil Patch In North Dakota; Near Watford City; Nine Injured; All But One Treated And Released; One Hospitalized

Several readers, in the past 24 hours, sent me links to several different sources on the tornado near Watford City yesterday evening (Monday night, Memorial Day) that injured nine at a man camp. Rigzone also reported the story:

Eight of nine people injured when a tornado struck a housing camp in western North Dakota have been treated and released from the hospital, according to news reports.

The ninth person injured in Monday's storm has been airlifted to Trinity Health Hospital in Minot, ND, ... The other eight were treated and released from McKenzie County Memorial Hospital in Watford City.

The storm, which also produced baseball-sized hail, destroyed between 12 and 15 trailers... The number of people in the camp when the tornado hit is unknown.

The tornado struck the camp Monday evening at 7:50 p.m. local time about 5 miles south of Watford City, ND. The camp is located about 30 miles southeast of Williston, ND.