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Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, North Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind July 27, 2024 · Grant County, North Dakota

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wind tore some shingles off of the roof, and a cottonwood tree had some branches broken off and leaves stripped.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed along a surface boundary in an environment of elevated instability and marginal deep layer shear. Some of the storms became severe over Grant, Morton, and Burleigh Counties producing large hail and severe wind gusts. The largest hail, which was the size of a half-dollar, occurred on the west end of Mandan in Morton County. The strongest reported wind gusts, estimated at 70 mph, occurred to the north of Lark in Grant County, and on the west end of Mandan in Morton County.

Began near Lark (46.5900, -101.3600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1203844. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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