North Dakota, 2025

Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025 · NWS FGF · 5 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern ND and moved into northwest MN late in the evening on the 19th and early morning hours of the 20th. Severe wind gusts and hail occurred.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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.

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern ND and moved into northwest MN late in the evening on the 19th and early morning hours of the 20th. Severe wind gusts and hail occurred.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 6:41 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:41 PM CST, 54 minutes before
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The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Richland

When
June 19, 7:35 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
Where
Richland County, 0.69 mi S of Wyndmere
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.260, -97.130

Quarter size hail reported outside Dollar General in Wyndmere.

Hail, Richland

When
June 19, 7:55 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Richland County, Hankinson
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.070, -96.900

Estimated nickel to quarter size hail at the Hankinson School.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richland

When
June 19, 8:31 PM CST to 8:36 PM CST
Where
Richland County, 3.74 mi SSE of Hankinson
Measured
56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.020, -96.870

Tempest weather station measured gust.

Hail, Richland

When
June 19, 8:43 PM CST to 8:49 PM CST
Where
Richland County, 4.5 mi SE of Hankinson
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.020, -96.840

Ping-Pong ball sized hail reported between exit 1 and exit 8 on I-29.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richland

When
June 19, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Richland County, 0.84 mi NW of Wahpeton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.280, -96.610

Tree damage in Wahpeton.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1272655, 1272656, 1272657, 1272658, 1272659.