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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1104 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
CENTRAL RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 1102 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHEYENNE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARWICK TO
NEAR GLENFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR BENSON, GRAND FORKS, NELSON,
RAMSEY, WALSH COUNTIES.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPIRIT LAKE NATION AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
FORT TOTTEN, WARWICK, AND TOKIO AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
TOLNA, PEKIN, AND ST MICHAEL AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
MCVILLE AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
LAKOTA, CRARY, AND DOYON AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
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 A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS BENSON, GRAND FORKS, NELSON, RAMSEY, WALSH
COUNTIES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS! 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.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY, IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4843 9851 4828 9777 4792 9732 4771 9801
4782 9852 4785 9853 4785 9866 4787 9877
4784 9910 4785 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 234DEG 57KT 4784 9918 4775 9880 4749 9853
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
THOMAS
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