Thunderstorm Wind — Foster, North Dakota

2025-07-26 · near Carrington, Foster, North Dakota

$5K

Property damage

70 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A couple of trees were uprooted and a fence was blown over at a park on the north side of Carrington. At CrossRoads Golf Course, multiple tree branches were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developed over western and central North Dakota as a short-wave trough moved into a highly unstable atmosphere. Although there were reports of large hail, the main concern with these storms were strong wind gusts. The strongest reported wind gust of 84 mph occurred in Williams County to the southeast of Wheelock. The largest hail reported was the size of a ping pong ball, which fell near Williston in Williams County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1285327. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.