824  
WUUS53 KFGF 210337  
SVRFGF  
NDC003-039-091-210430-  
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0029.250621T0337Z-250621T0430Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
1037 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1037 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDMUNDS TO NEAR ELDRIDGE TO NEAR ALFRED, MOVING  
EAST AT 65 MPH.  
 
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR GRIGGS, BARNES, AND STEELE  
COUNTIES.  
 
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS  
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE  
HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND  
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE.  
EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
WIMBLEDON AND URBANA AROUND 1055 PM CDT.  
ECKELSON AND LEAL AROUND 1100 PM CDT.  
SANBORN, DAZEY, AND ROGERS AROUND 1105 PM CDT.  
HANNAFORD, WALUM, AND BALD HILL DAM AROUND 1110 PM CDT.  
VALLEY CITY, COOPERSTOWN, AND SIBLEY AROUND 1115 PM CDT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 306.  
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 306.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND  
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE  
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE  
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE  
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE  
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.  
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING  
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS GRIGGS, BARNES, AND STEELE COUNTIES.  
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS!  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
NORTH DAKOTA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4732 9847 4733 9850 4734 9850 4754 9776  
4725 9763 4724 9771 4698 9769 4673 9775  
4663 9833 4663 9843  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 250DEG 55KT 4724 9902 4695 9884 4661 9893  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH  
 

 
 
THOMAS  
 
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