High Wind, Walsh
- When
- December 25, 6:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walsh forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in North Dakota, December 25, 1999
A cold front dropped south out of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with strong winds behind it. With the warm temperatures and little snow cover, blowing snow was not a problem.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
A cold front dropped south out of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with strong winds behind it. With the warm temperatures and little snow cover, blowing snow was not a problem.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Grand Forks
- When
- December 25, 6:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grand Forks forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.922, -97.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pembina
- When
- December 25, 6:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pembina forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.768, -97.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 25, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 25, 1999
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, December 1999
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: 5720643, 5720644, 5721540.