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WUUS53 KFGF 210607  
SVRFGF  
NDC003-017-073-210700-  
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0045.250621T0607Z-250621T0700Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
107 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 105 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KATHRYN, OR  
12 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.  
 
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC. 70 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS REPORTED AT VALLEY CITY.  
 
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, TOWER CITY, SANBORN, BUFFALO, LITCHVILLE, ORISKA, AND  
FINGAL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 318.  
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 318.  
 
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. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE  
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.  
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING  
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE  
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  
 
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITHOUT 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  
NORTH DAKOTA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4656 9804 4663 9804 4663 9844 4698 9844  
4698 9847 4700 9846 4702 9736 4656 9773  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 282DEG 13KT 4675 9794  
 
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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