717  
WUUS53 KFGF 210612  
SVRFGF  
NDC003-017-035-039-091-097-210700-  
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0046.250621T0612Z-250621T0700Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
112 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
WESTERN TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
NORTHERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 110 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GALESBURG, OR  
37 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALLEY CITY, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.  
 
HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 111 MPH WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN  
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR LUVERNE.  
 
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.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MAYVILLE, COOPERSTOWN, HATTON, PORTLAND, GOLDEN LAKE, FINLEY, AND  
ARTHUR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
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 STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A  
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  
 
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WITHOUT MUCH LIGHTNING OR  
RAIN. 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 4760 9850 4776 9719 4720 9706 4701 9737  
4698 9847 4732 9847 4733 9850  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 282DEG 13KT 4725 9738  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...100 MPH  
 

 
 
CJ  
 
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