Tornado, Wells
- When
- June 25, 3:12 AM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 47.470, -99.380
Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, June 25, 1978
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnes
- When
- June 25, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Barnes County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.920, -98.000
Hail, Bowman
- When
- June 25, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bowman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -103.650
Hail, Morton
- When
- June 25, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.820, -101.830
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 25, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, June 25, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 25, 1978
- Hail in Michigan, June 25, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 25, 1978
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 25, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 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: 10082840, 10082841, 10082842, 10082843.