Storm History: Wells County, North Dakota

Events

453

Deaths

2

Injuries

2

Damage

$13 million

Episodes

366

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.

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• Winter Weather, March 5, 19971 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · 1 event here
• Freezing Fog, November 1, 19961 death · 1 event here

• Flood, April 1, 2009$2.4 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 9, 1997$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2019$1.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 2015$1.1 million · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 2018$1.1 million · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Blizzard, April 4, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 21, 1997$790,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 2021$550,000 · 3 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2025$500,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 1953$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 1997$250,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2023$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$240,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2025$225,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2020$200,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2022$170,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 14, 2009$135,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 13, 1998$125,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 2, 1997$100,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2010$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Hail, July 21, 19698 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 2018$1.1 million · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 17, 2007$50,000 · 3.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 2016$25,000 · 3.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20163.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 20263 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2021$550,000 · 3 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20153 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20153 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 19653 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2019$1.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20172.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20142.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 3, 20142.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20042.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 15, 19521 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 30, 1981F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 1987F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 17, 2011EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 6, 1954$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 1965$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 1985F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1986F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2025$225,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 27, 2025$500,000 · EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Wells County, with its track

• Tornado, June 9, 20263 in hail · 3 events here
• Dust Storm, May 14, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 202653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event here
• High Wind, March 12, 202677 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 17, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202579 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 12, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 27, 2025$500,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2025$225,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Funnel Cloud, April 13, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, November 19, 20241 event here
• High Wind, October 5, 202466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 2024EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 4, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2023$250,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, September 4, 2023$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 18, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 20, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Dense Smoke, May 17, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 11, 2023$100,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 4, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 17, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 10, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20222 events here
• Blizzard, November 9, 20221 event here
• High Wind, November 5, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2022$100,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 24, 2022$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2022$170,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, May 12, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 202264 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 31, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 13, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 26, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 4, 20211 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 16, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 22, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 2021$550,000 · 3 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, April 13, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 20, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 13, 202181 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 31, 202058 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 2, 202070 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 2020$8,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2020$200,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 1, 202058 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, October 9, 20192 events here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2019$1.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 2, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 20192 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 4, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 21, 20191 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 2019EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 2019$5,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 26, 20182 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20181.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201880 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2018$60,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 2018$1.1 million · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 201865 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 30, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 2017$2,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20172.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Blizzard, March 6, 201762 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 30, 201751 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, December 5, 20162 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 27, 20161 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 2016EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 10, 20163.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20162 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 2016$75,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 2016$25,000 · 3.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 6, 201659 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, July 28, 2015$40,000 · 66 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20153 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20153 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 2015$1.1 million · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 20151 event here
• Hail, September 19, 2014$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, September 3, 20142.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 20142.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 28, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 201455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 201465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 3, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 2, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 201361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 2013$14,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 14, 20132 events here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20131 event here
• High Wind, January 19, 20131 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201268 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20121 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 7, 201153 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 19, 201154 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 2011$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 2011$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 20112.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2011EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 16, 2011$50,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 31, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, April 30, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 14, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, March 22, 20112 events here
• Blizzard, March 11, 201153 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 13, 2011$20,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20111 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, January 1, 20111 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 20, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, October 26, 201061 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 9, 2010EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 30, 20101.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 26, 2010EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2010$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 18, 201054 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 17, 2010$50,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20100.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 2010$240,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• High Wind, May 24, 2010$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 2, 2010$35,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, January 24, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20101 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20101 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20092 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 12, 20091 event here
• Hail, August 14, 2009$135,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, April 1, 2009$2.4 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 22, 200958 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 6, 2009$50,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 31, 2009$60,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20091 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 29, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, December 13, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, November 5, 20080.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, October 26, 200856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 22, 2008$30,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 2008$25,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, July 12, 20081 event here
• Tornado, July 10, 2008EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20081.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 24, 200860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, February 8, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20081 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 200757 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 20072 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2007EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 2007$50,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 17, 2007$50,000 · 3.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 2, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, February 28, 20071 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 20061 event here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 2006$25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20061 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20061 event here
• High Wind, August 31, 200559 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 9, 200564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20051 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20051 event here
• High Wind, December 11, 200466 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20041.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 2004F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 20042.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 10, 200454 kt wind · 1 event here

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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.