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NOUS43 KBIS 242143
PNSBIS
NDZ034-250945-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
443 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 20TH 2025 TORNADO EVENT NEAR SWEET
BRIAR NORTH DAKOTA...
SWEET BRIAR
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 08:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 NNW SWEET BRIAR LAKE / MORTON COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.9486 / -101.3247
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 08:57 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NNE SWEET BRIAR LAKE / MORTON COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.9592 / -101.2362
SURVEY SUMMARY:
QLCS TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. DAMAGE TRACK
STARTS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 41ST AVE AND 32ND STREET, NEW
SALEM, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SWEET BRIAR LAKE.
THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST AND IMPACTED
3 FARMSTEADS. THE FIRST FARM HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE, BEFORE THE MOST
OBSERVED DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE SECOND FARM. THIS IS WHERE TWO
SEPARATE FARM BUILDINGS LOST THEIR ROOFS, AND ONE HAD THE WALLS
DESTROYED AS WELL, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH ESTIMATED WIND
SPEEDS OF 110 MPH WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO EF-1 DAMAGE. THERE WAS
ALSO A GRAIN BIN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. ABOUT A MILE OF POWER
POLES WERE BROKEN OR LEANED OVER ON HIGHWAY 84 IN BETWEEN THE
SECOND AND THIRD FARMS THAT WERE HIT. THE THIRD FARM HAD ROOF
DAMAGE TO THE MAIN HOUSE AS WELL AS TO ONE OF THE FARM BUILDINGS,
CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 WIND SPEEDS AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN
TRACKED EAST AND HIT A WIND TURBINE THAT LOST A BLADE. THE
CONFIRMED PATH SO FAR IS APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES LONG AND THE
TORNADO LASTED FOR 9 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FURTHER EAST IS
BEING EVALUATED AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A LONGER DAMAGE
TRACK.
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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