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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1216 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.
* AT 1212 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOPERSTOWN TO NEAR SIBLEY,
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIDESPREAD OBSERVED AND LONG DURATION WIND
SPEEDS HAVE BEEN GREATER THAN 75 MPH WITHIN THIS AREA OF STORMS.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALLEY CITY, COOPERSTOWN, GOLDEN LAKE, FINLEY, HOPE, TOWER CITY,
AND PAGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 321.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 321.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4749 9850 4768 9797 4767 9748 4733 9747
4732 9746 4681 9742 4680 9844 4698 9844
4698 9847 4732 9847 4733 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 249DEG 20KT 4752 9807 4718 9791
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
CJ
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