102
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Bowman County, North Dakota: 102 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #2,195 nationally and #27 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Bowman County, North Dakota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bowman County is the 2010s, when 32 of the county's 102 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Bowman County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,195 for this hazard and #27 within North Dakota, putting it in the 30.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bowman County with 56 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2025 | BUFFALO SPGS | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | BOWMAN | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | BOWMAN | 87 | $250K |
| Jul 21, 2025 | RHAME | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | RHAME | 54 | $0 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | BUFFALO SPGS | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | RHAME | 61 | $0 |
| May 12, 2025 | BOWMAN | 57 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2024 | RHAME | 53 | $0 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | BUFFALO SPGS | 59 | $0 |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of the West River Clinic on the southeast side of Bowman. No damage occurred to mobile homes being transported, gas station awnings, campers, or other structures in the area around the clinic. There appeared to be a significant overhang of the roof on that upwind side of the building, where the wind direction and speed caught it just in the right location, to cause the damage. All the debris from the roof blew in a north-northwest direction, with some insulation making it to the Bowman School.
A large pole barn building was severely damaged, with the majority of the roofing material and rafters blown off, one wall completely destroyed, and another wall mostly destroyed. The main leg of a grain distribution system was completely blown over, along with the bin distribution pipes. Multiple large grain bins and hopper bins were dented, with one hopper bin completely blown over.
Significant damage was done on a farm. Empty grain bins were torn from their foundations and rolled up fence wire was rolled through pastures. Many trees were uprooted and fence posts were broken off at ground level. Quarter size hail also fell and crops were damaged. There was concern that the damage was tornadic. However, after speaking with eye witnesses and obtaining damage descriptions and viewing photos it was determined that it was not tornado damage.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Bowman County, North Dakota?
102 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Bowman County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bowman County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Bowman County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bowman County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Bowman County, North Dakota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-dakota/bowman-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.