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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
408 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/20/2025 ENDERLIN TORNADOES
OVERVIEW
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE RESULTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FURTHER EVALUATION. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT DAMAGE INTENSITY FOR SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN DAMAGE
INDICATORS. IF AND WHEN MORE DAMAGE EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE,
FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE DAMAGE INTENSITY WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
THE ENDERLIN TORNADOES RESULTED FROM A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT
MOVED IN FROM THE WEST. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TWO LONG
TRACKED TORNADOES.
THE FIRST TORNADO BEGAN 3 MILES SOUTH OF ENDERLIN AND
TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST, THEN NORTH ACROSS HIGHWAY 46, AND
FINALLY TO THE NORTHWEST WHERE IT WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED. THIS
TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND 12 MILES, AND AT ITS WIDEST
WAS ABOUT ONE MILE WIDE. DAMAGE INDICATORS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO CORRELATES TO EF-3 DAMAGE, WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO
BE AROUND 160 MPH. EF-3 DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG ABOUT 7.5 MILES OF
THE TOTAL PATH.
A SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENDERLIN AND TRACKED TO THE SOUTHEAST,
CROSSED HIGHWAY 46, AND THEN WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED. THIS
TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND 8 MILES, AT ITS WIDEST WAS
ABOUT A HALF MILE WIDE. DAMAGE INDICATORS ALONG THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO CORRELATES TO EF-1 DAMAGE, WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE
AROUND 110 MPH.
ENDERLIN TORNADO #1
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1760 YARDS/1 MILE
FATALITIES: 3
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 11:02 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 S ENDERLIN / RANSOM COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.5728 / -97.6031
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 11:21 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSW ALICE / CASS COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.7076 / -97.5815
SURVEY SUMMARY: THE DAMAGE BEGAN AS JUST A FEW BRANCHES BUT
WITHIN 2.5 MILES OF THE TRACK, THE TORNADO GAINED INTENSITY AND
SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENED. WHILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 46, THE TORNADO
DERAILED SEVERAL TRAIN CARS AND THREW ONE TRAIN CAR APPROXIMATELY
300 FEET. ADDITIONALLY, A CELL TOWER WAS BLOWN OVER, CROPS
DESTROYED, AND MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED WITH SOME DEBARKED. A FARM
HOUSE WAS LEVELED WITH MANY OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 46, IT CAUSED DEVASTATING DAMAGE
TO TWO HOUSES, ONE BEING A FARMHOUSE THAT WAS LEVELED AND LED TO
2 FATALITIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH, CAUSING TREE DAMAGE AND
EVENTUALLY LEVELING ANOTHER FARM HOUSE, LEADING TO 1 FATALITY. AS
THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST, IT BENT OVER TALL STEEL
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWERS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WEAKENED AND
DISSIPATED.
ENDERLIN TORNADO #2
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 880 YARDS/0.5 MILE
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 11:22 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 NE ENDERLIN / CASS COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.6666 / -97.5478
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 11:34 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE SHELDON / RANSOM COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.6159 / -97.4064
SURVEY SUMMARY: ALONG THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WAS EXTENSIVE TREE
DAMAGE, INCLUDING TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. SEVERAL ROOFS WERE
PARTIALLY BLOWN APART AS WELL. THIS TORNADO CROSSED THE PATH OF
THE FIRST TORNADO WHICH IS EVIDENCED BY DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING
FIELD SCOUR MARKS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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