High Wind in Towner, North Dakota

High Wind October 5, 2024 · Towner, North Dakota

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

NDAWN station 7 east of Perth reports 73 mph gust at 10 meters.

The wider storm

A strong LLJ of 60 knots passed over the area with a low pressure system, causing high winds from the SSE. A well mixed boundary layer resulted in higher wind gusts from that LLJ reaching the surface across eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1215873. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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