Tornado, Wells
- When
- May 30, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -100.030
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 30, 1985
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 6
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
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Burleigh
- When
- May 30, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Burleigh County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.200, -100.280
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- May 30, 2:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.400, -100.270
Tornado, Burleigh
- When
- May 30, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Burleigh County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.180, -100.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Griggs
- When
- May 30, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Griggs
- When
- May 30, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Griggs County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.320, -98.180
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Michigan, May 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes in Montana, May 30, 1985
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 30, 1985
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: 10083089, 10083090, 10083091, 10083951, 10083952, 10084165.