Thunderstorm Wind, Divide
- When
- August 25, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Divide County
- Coordinates
- 48.930, -103.280
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 25, 1978
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- August 25, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Coordinates
- 48.630, -103.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- August 25, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 49.000, -102.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- August 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Coordinates
- 48.970, -101.920
Tornado, Bottineau
- When
- August 25, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 48.580, -101.370
Tornado, Bottineau
- When
- August 25, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 48.820, -100.700
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -101.400
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.220, -100.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Bottineau
- When
- August 25, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau County
- Coordinates
- 48.770, -100.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Benson
- When
- August 25, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Coordinates
- 48.150, -99.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Towner
- When
- August 25, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.480, -99.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Towner
- When
- August 25, 8:16 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County
- Coordinates
- 48.480, -99.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Benson
- When
- August 25, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 48.280, -99.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- August 25, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 48.100, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- August 25, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -97.180
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 25, 1978
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- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 25, 1978
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 25, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 25, 1978
- Hail in Virginia, August 25, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, August 25, 1978
- Hail in Montana, August 25, 1978
- Hail in Iowa, August 25, 1978
- Hail in Tennessee, August 25, 1978
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10083945, 10083946, 10083947, 10083948, 10083949, 10083950, 10084811, 10085025, 10085026, 10085027, 10085028, 10085029, 10085030, 10085031, 10085032, 10085033.