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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1117 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 1116 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RED WILLOW LAKE TO LUVERNE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VALLEY CITY, MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR GRAND FORKS, NELSON, CASS,
TRAILL, BARNES, STEELE.
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
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...
HOPE AND KLOTEN AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
FINLEY, ANETA, AND SHARON AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
PAGE AND AYR AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
GOLDEN LAKE, GALESBURG, AND ERIE AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
MAYVILLE, NORTHWOOD, AND HATTON AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 119.
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 GRAND FORKS, NELSON, CASS, TRAILL,
BARNES, STEELE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS.
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 SOUTHEASTERN
AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4739 9777 4762 9799 4767 9799 4767 9804
4772 9808 4793 9733 4751 9699 4707 9695
4692 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 250DEG 60KT 4765 9827 4728 9794 4699 9790
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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