860  
NOUS43 KFGF 062236 RRA  
PNSFGF  
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-  
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-071045-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...DELAYED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
536 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025  
 
NOUS43 KFGF 061430  
PNSFGF  
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-  
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-071045-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
536 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025  
   
..CORRECTION TO LATITUDE END POINT  
 
.ENDERLIN TORNADO #1 UPGRADED TO EF-5.  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS CONDUCTED ADDITIONAL  
SURVEYS AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH WIND DAMAGE EXPERTS TO FURTHER  
INVESTIGATE THE 20 JUNE 2025 ENDERLIN, ND TORNADO #1. THE ESTIMATED  
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF THE ENDERLIN, ND TORNADO #1 IS GREATER THAN  
210 MPH AND OCCURRED DURING THE TIME OF THE TRAIN DERAILMENT SOUTH  
OF ENDERLIN, ND. THE ANALYSIS INVOLVED FORENSIC DAMAGE WIND SPEED  
ESTIMATES FOR TIPPING SEVERAL FULLY-LOADED GRAIN HOPPER CARS AND  
LOFTING OF TANKER CARS, INCLUDING ONE EMPTY TANKER CAR THAT WAS  
TOSSED ABOUT 475.5 FT (145 M). THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED ALSO CORRELATES  
TO THE MAXIMUM STRENGTH ON THE WSR-88D STORM-RELATIVE VELOCITY DATA  
FROM KMVX.  
 
ADDITIONAL HIGH-END DAMAGE INDICATORS THAT HAVE BEEN REANALYZED AND  
ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE DAMAGE TO THE TREES NEAR THE MAPLE RIVER EAST OF  
ENDERLIN AND DAMAGE TO FARMSTEAD #2 ON HWY 46. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF  
THE TREES SURROUNDING THE MAPLE RIVER SHOW EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE  
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RIVER VALLEY WITH ONLY STUBS OF LARGE BRANCHES  
OR TRUNKS REMAINING AND DEBARKING WITH A "SANDPAPERING" EFFECT  
PREVALENT. TREES WITH ATTACHED ROOT BALL DISPLACEMENTS WERE NOTED,  
INCLUDING ONE WHERE THE ORIGINAL LOCATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.  
WIND DAMAGE EXPERT ANALYSES HELPED DETERMINE THE DAMAGE AT FARMSTEAD  
#2 TO BE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION WITH THE FOUNDATION CONSIDERED TO BE  
SWEPT CLEAN, AND DEBRIS SWEPT DOWNWIND AND SCATTERED. HOWEVER, ISSUES  
SURROUNDING THE LACK OF PROPER ANCHORING WILL LIMIT THE OVERALL RATING  
IN THIS AREA. TREES AROUND THE FARMSTEAD WERE ALSO DEBARKED, AND SAW  
ROOT BALL DISPLACEMENTS.  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS WOULD LIKE TO THANK TIM  
MARSHALL, JIM LADUE, DR. CONNELL MILLER, DR. GREG KOPP, DR. DAVID  
SILLS, AND THE ENTIRE NORTHERN TORNADOES PROJECT AT WESTERN  
UNIVERSITY'S CANADIAN SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY TEAM FOR THEIR  
ASSISTANCE.  
 
RATING: EF-5  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: GREATER THAN 210 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.10 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1850 YARDS / 1.05 MILES  
FATALITIES: 3  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 06/20/2025  
START TIME: 11:02 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 S ENDERLIN / RANSOM COUNTY / ND  
START LAT/LON: 46.5728 / -97.6031  
 
END DATE: 06/20/2025  
END TIME: 11:21 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 5 SSW ALICE / CASS COUNTY / ND  
END LAT/LON: 46.687 / -97.5803  
 
 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  
STORM DATA.  
 
 
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