New Town, ND Hail Storm – July 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm moved through the New Town, ND area on July 29, 2025, with verified 1.5-inch hail and repeated radar support through the afternoon and evening. The storm produced five hail alerts between 4:51 PM CDT and 8:21 PM CDT, with the strongest detections holding at 1.5 inches in multiple scans.

The first alert at 4:51 PM CDT carried radar and spotter-verified confidence. Another 1.5-inch alert followed at 5:29 PM CDT on dual-polarization radar. A later 6:30 PM CDT alert dropped to 1 inch under warning-only confidence, then the storm reloaded with two more 1.5-inch dual-polarization detections at 7:43 PM CDT and 8:21 PM CDT.

Field reports pointed to a broader severe wind and circulation threat in the same storm complex. At 4:30 PM CDT, a delayed spotter report from southwest of Parshall described a single-wide manufactured home blown off its foundation, displaced 50 to 60 feet, and destroyed. The same report noted a livestock trailer flipped onto its roof, a metal storage container tipped onto its side, and a large dumpster thrown about 100 feet. The estimated wind speed was 85 mph.

At 5:05 PM CDT, a trained spotter located 2 miles west of Parshall reported brief funnel clouds developing on the leading edge of the storm to the southwest of the spotter. Radar was used to determine the location.

Damage Assessment

The field reports show a storm with more than hail on the ground. The 4:30 PM CDT report documents direct structural loss to a manufactured home, plus heavy object movement consistent with strong severe wind. A trailer on its roof, a shifted storage container, and a dumpster thrown roughly 100 feet point to concentrated force in a narrow part of the storm path.

The 5:05 PM CDT funnel-cloud report adds a circulation component near Parshall. The spotter did not report a touchdown, but the report places brief funnel development on the storm’s leading edge southwest of the observation point. That matches the radar-supported severe environment that also produced repeated hail detections later in the event.

The hail signal itself stayed consistent through the evening. The storm did not produce a single isolated hail burst. It showed repeated hail signatures at several times, with the strongest verified size holding at 1.5 inches across multiple detections. The 6:30 PM CDT alert still kept hail in the warning picture, even as that one scan dropped to 1 inch under warning-only confidence.

For contractors, the important point is the mix of impacts. This was not just a roof-check storm. The reports indicate both hail exposure and wind-driven loss in the same general area near Parshall and New Town. A property with no obvious roof puncture can still carry siding loss, window hits, gutter damage, fence displacement, and debris strikes from the wind component. Mobile and manufactured housing should get priority. The 4:30 PM CDT report shows foundation displacement and full destruction in that housing class.