Hail, Stutsman
- When
- July 4, 1:52 PM CST to 1:54 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, 4.78 mi NW of (Jms)jamestown Muni
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 46.980, -98.750
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 4, 2025
A cold front moving through the area served as the focus for thunderstorm development over parts of central and eastern North Dakota. One storm became severe over Stutsman County before moving to the east.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
A cold front moving through the area served as the focus for thunderstorm development over parts of central and eastern North Dakota. One storm became severe over Stutsman County before moving to the east. This storm produced reported hail up to one-inch in diameter and measured wind gusts to 64 mph.
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- July 4, 1:56 PM CST to 1:59 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, 0.47 mi E of (Jms)jamestown Muni
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -98.670
Hail, Stutsman
- When
- July 4, 1:58 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, 1.17 mi SW of Jamestown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.890, -98.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- July 4, 2:06 PM CST to 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, 1.42 mi E of Ypsilanti
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 46.780, -98.520
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1278170, 1278171, 1278172, 1278173.