Submitted Photo A pea crop was damaged in a hail storm in the Powers Lake area Thursday, Aug. 7. Photo by Lisa Thomas.

POWERS LAKE – Golf ball-sized hail and strong winds left a number of Powers Lake and area homes damaged and crops destroyed in a Thursday night, Aug. 7, storm described by the National Weather Service as widespread in North Dakota.

Lisa Thomas, who lives just north of Powers Lake and sustained some damage to her house, said hail damage occurred north and south of town in an area about three miles wide as well as both west and east of town, extending several miles, based on early information on the storm’s path. https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.minotdailynews.com/images/2025/08/08213859/lightening-vid-by-mandy-t.mp4

The storm came with about 60 mile per hour wi

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