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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1124 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 1123 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ORISKA TO NEAR VERONA, MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR RANSOM, CASS, BARNES, RICHLAND.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
TOWER CITY, FINGAL, AND NOME AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
BUFFALO AND LUCCA AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
ENDERLIN, ALICE, AND ABSARAKA AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
AMENIA, WHEATLAND, AND EMBDEN AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
CASSELTON, SHELDON, AND CHAFFEE AROUND 1145 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CASSELTON AIRPORT AND WEST ARGUSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 82.
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 344.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 344.
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 RANSOM, CASS, BARNES, RICHLAND. 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.
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 NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4693 9772 4714 9683 4713 9683 4713 9682
4710 9682 4709 9683 4709 9682 4706 9682
4706 9683 4705 9682 4646 9720 4629 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 247DEG 69KT 4689 9780 4639 9815
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
THOMAS
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