EF0 Tornado — Towner, North Dakota

2025-07-07 · near Newville, Towner, North Dakota

0.5 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A large dusty tornado was reported near Calio ND with no damage conveyed from any sources who witnessed it. This tornado started in Towner County and traveled 0.50 miles to the Cavalier county line, where it traveled an additional 1.04 miles. It is suspected that this was spawned out of land spout processes which likely contributed to its dusty tubelike appearance as seen on social media. UPDATE 7/22/25: Adjusted track based on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms including supercells produced large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes across parts of eastern North Dakota.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (48.6101, -98.9801)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1282081. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.