Hail, Wells
- When
- July 30, 4:20 PM CST to 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Wells County, 5.14 mi W of Hurdsfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -100.010
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 30 to 31, 2022
Two areas of severe weather developed during the evening and nighttime hours. The first area was along a cold front over northwest North Dakota, where strong thunderstorm wind gusts were the primary threat, with the strongest wind gust of 69 mph being reported at the Williston Airport in Williams County.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 BIS wrote it up.
Two areas of severe weather developed during the evening and nighttime hours. The first area was along a cold front over northwest North Dakota, where strong thunderstorm wind gusts were the primary threat, with the strongest wind gust of 69 mph being reported at the Williston Airport in Williams County. The second area was over central North Dakota affecting Wells and Foster counties, where an area of thunderstorms produced strong thunderstorm winds and some large hail. The strongest reported wind gust in this area was 61 mph at the Carrington Airport in Foster County, while one inch diameter hail fell to the west of Hurdsfield in Wells County.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- July 30, 6:34 PM CST to 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County, 7.19 mi NW of (Isn)sloulin Fld Wil
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 48.260, -103.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- July 30, 7:15 PM CST to 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County, 13.77 mi SSE of Epping
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 48.090, -103.260
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mountrail
- When
- July 30, 7:57 PM CST to 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County, 3.32 mi NNW of Palermo
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 48.370, -102.260
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by emergency management.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mountrail
- When
- July 30, 8:05 PM CST to 8:09 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County, 0.46 mi W of New Town
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 47.980, -102.490
Thunderstorm Wind, Mountrail
- When
- July 30, 8:15 PM CST to 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mountrail County, 0.83 mi SW of New Town
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -102.490
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
Thunderstorm Wind, Foster
- When
- July 30, 11:55 PM CST to July 31, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Foster County, Carrington
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -99.130
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1045950, 1045951, 1045952, 1045953, 1045954, 1045955, 1045956.