Sargent storm history

Visibility at the Gwinner (KGWR) airport was a quarter mile or less from 9am to 330pm with gusts to 48mph. Snowfall estimates in the county ranged from 6 to 12 inches.

Estimated half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail east of Gwinner. Time estimated from radar.

Photo showing collection of hail estimated to be the size of half dollars. Time estimated by radar.

Public observed mostly pea to nickel sized hail, with up to quarter sized hail intermixed. Time estimated by radar.

Corn fields damaged. Hail size estimated.

Report of 9 inches of snow from Forman.

Awos station Kgwr Gwinner airpot North Dakota.

AWOS station KGWR Gwinner AP ND reported a wind chill of minus 42.

AWOS station KGWR Gwinner AP ND reported a wind chill of minus 50.

AWOS station KGWR Gwinner airport North Dakota measured a -51 wind chill.

Mesonet station 323117 Brampton North Dakota ndawn measured a -41 wind chill.

Wind and cold air temperatures combined to create excessive cold conditions with apparent temperature as cold as -42F on the morning of the 20th at the Brampton NDAWN.

Sargent county was in majority D2 drought for the first half of the month of November.

Sargent county experienced 2 weeks of drought in October. Conditions ongoing at the end of the month.

Public reports corn fields damaged.

Gwinner AWOS reports a minimum wind chill of -46F.

AWOS in Gwinner reports a wind chill of -44F.

Emergency Manager reports that several locations in Sargent county received at least 0.5 inches of ice, and that there were power issues across the county.

Forman CO-OP reported 7.0 inches of snow. Storm total snow.

Broadcast Media relays a report of 11.5 inches of snow in Gwinner.

Gwinner AWOS reports 1/4SM visibility or less from 2:35 am to 11:35 am on the 11th with a peak wind of 41MPH.

At 11:20 AM, Broadcast Media relayed a report of 9 inches of snow from Gwinner. This snow had been falling since February 28th, at noon.

At 10:04 PM, Broadcast Media relayed a report of 12 inches of storm total snow from Milnor. This snow had been falling since February 28th, at noon.

Blizzard conditions reported at Gwinner ASOS with visibility of half a mile or less and frequent gusts at or above 35 mph since 1015 pm cst Feb 22. Blizzard conditions still being reported as of 735 am cst Feb 23.

Gwinner AWOS reporting frequent gusts over 35 mph and 0.25 SM or less visibility since 6:15 pm.

KGWR AWOS blizzard conditions 755 pm Tue to 415 am Wed (and ongoing at time of report). sustained winds 35-40 mph and gusts 45-55 mph.

Gwinner Airport reports wind chills of -40F or lower, with the lowest being -54F.

Gwinner AWOS reports 1/4 SM Visibility with frequent gusts over 35 MPH.

Received a public report of 13.5 inches of snow in Gwinner, ND. Report shared via social media.

Portions of Sargent county in D2 drought from December 1st - December 19th, 2022.

Public reports 0.25 inches of freezing rain in Rutland, ND.

Ice accumulations of 0.1 inches. These accumulations were heavy enough to snap branches 6 to 8 inches thick.

Gwinner Airport AWOS reports a 58 MPH wind gust.

Portions of, and at times the entire county, in D2 drought from November 1st - November 30th, 2022.

D2 drought developed across Sargent County by mid October and continued through the end of the month and into November 2022.

Peak wind measured at the Gwinner Airport (KGWR).

Received a public report of 1 inch hail; time is estimated based on radar.

Received a public report of a snapped power pole, as well as shingles and siding panels blown off a nearby pole shed. Time estimated based on radar.

Dime to Quarter-sized hail fell across central portions of Brampton Township, along with strong winds. There was a swath that had a width of one quarter to one half mile wide, and extended for around one mile. This swath contained damaged crops, with corn stalks stripped and abou…

Wind driven 1.25 inch hail caused damage across portions of western and central Tewaukon Township. This impacted several sections of farmland from 2 south of Rutland to around 8 south of Cayuga.

Estimated hail size via social media photo.

Winds gusting from 35 to 42 mph, along with blowing and drifting snow, produced widespread ground blizzard conditions.. with visibilities frequently below one quarter mile as reported by Airport wind sensors and observed by area law enforcement and DOT personnel.

Winds gusting from 15 to 30 mph, in combination to air temperatures from zero to minus 25F, resulted in prolonged periods of wind chills from minus 30F to minus 50F.

Increasing winds, gusting at 35 to 45 mph, in combination with fresh snowpack and falling snow, produced several hours of with visibilities less than a quarter mile, especially in open country, through the afternoon of the 21st.

From 8 to 14 inches of snow was reported across most of the county, along with periods of blizzard conditions as winds frequently gusted to 40 mph. Bitter cold wind chills of from minus 30F to minus 50F through the morning hours of the 21st and 22nd.

Blizzard conditions observed for more than 3 hours through the morning and afternoon of the 18th.

Temperatures fell into the teens below zero across the area, with winds of 15 to 25 mph; wind chills were as low as 40 below zero.