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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1251 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
EASTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.
* AT 1249 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HATTON TO NEAR COLGATE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIDESPREAD OBSERVED AND LONG DURATION WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN
GREATER THAN 75 MPH WITHIN THIS AREA OF STORMS.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY.
HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC. AT 111 MPH 1 E OF LUVERNE IN STEELE COUNTY.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES AND BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MAYVILLE, HATTON, AND PORTLAND AROUND 1255 AM CDT.
BLANCHARD AROUND 105 AM CDT.
HILLSBORO, BUXTON, AND REYNOLDS AROUND 115 AM CDT.
KELSO AROUND 120 AM CDT.
CALEDONIA AROUND 130 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 130.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY. 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4719 9762 4768 9765 4786 9668 4721 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 259DEG 35KT 4762 9756 4728 9754
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...100 MPH
THOMAS
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