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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
1152 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...  
WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...  
SOUTHEASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
NORTHEASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1151 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAPLETON TO NEAR GWINNER, MOVING EAST AT 70  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
HORACE, KINDRED, AND MILNOR AROUND 1155 PM CDT.  
WILD RICE AROUND 1200 AM CDT.  
WYNDMERE, OXBOW, AND WALCOTT AROUND 1205 AM CDT.  
WOLVERTON, COLFAX, AND BARNEY AROUND 1210 AM CDT.  
ABERCROMBIE, MOORETON, AND GALCHUTT AROUND 1215 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE FERGUS  
FALLS AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 57.  
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 62.  
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 62.  
 
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 SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL  
MINNESOTA. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY  
FROM WINDOWS! 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  
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4678 9546 4613 9606 4615 9772 4676 9717  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 267DEG 60KT 4683 9704 4622 9758  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
THOMAS  
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