High Wind in Hettinger, North Dakota

High Wind June 16, 2025 · Hettinger, North Dakota

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Williams Lookout RAWS reported wind gusts to 58 mph.

The wider storm

Strong non-convective winds which were caused by a wake low behind a departing complex of severe thunderstorms, caused damage over far southwest North Dakota. Within the city of Bowman, estimated winds of 75 mph blew the head house off an older grain elevator, blew over a large evergreen tree at the courthouse, and blew down various tree branches around the city.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1263114. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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