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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
544 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/20/2025 BARNES COUNTY TORNADOES
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.
TWO TORNADOES WERE SURVEYED IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY
NORTH DAKOTA. ACCURATE TRACK INFORMATION AND WIDTH HAVE YET TO BE
DETERMINED, BUT WILL BE FINALIZED OVER THE UPCOMING DAYS. BASED
ON THE SURVEY OF DAMAGED HOMES NORTH OF URBANA AND SOUTH OF VALLEY
CITY, AND IN COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL EXPERTS BOTH TORNADOES
NOW HAVE PRELIMINARY RATINGS OF EF-2 FOR A MAXIMUM RATING.
UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE INFORMATION COMES IN OVER THE
UPCOMING WEEKS.
THE FIRST TORNADO INITIALLY DEVELOPED IN FAR EASTERN STUTSMAN
COUNTY ABOUT 2 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SPIRITWOOD, AND TRACKED
NORTHEAST MISSING THE COMMUNITY OF URBANA IN BARNES COUNTY TO THE
NORTHWEST. IT CONTINUED THIS NORTHEAST TRACK CAUSING HIGH END EF-2
DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE APART. IT THEN TURNED
NORTH THEN NORTHWEST AS IT WEAKENED AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED.
THE SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY CITY AND TRACKED SOUTHEAST, CAUSED EF-0 AND
EF-1 DAMAGE TO TREES AND SEVERAL HOMES. IT CONTINUED OVER A RIDGE
CROSSING THE SHEYENNE RIVER, THEN CAUSED EF-1 AND EF-2 DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES EVENTUALLY BEFORE LIFTING 3 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY
CITY.
EASTERN STUTSMAN/WESTERN BARNES COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 132 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: UNKNOWN
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 8:50 PM CDT (ESTIMATE)
START LOCATION: 2 ENE SPIRITWOOD / STUTSMAN COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.9392 / -98.4585 (ESTIMATE)
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 9:17 PM CDT (ESTIMATE)
END LOCATION: 3 NW URBANA / BARNES COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.9873 / -98.4450 (ESTIMATE)
SURVEY SUMMARY: ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF URBANA THE FIRST HOME
DAMAGED IN THE TRACK LOST ITS FIRST FLOOR EXCEPT FOR INTERIOR
WALLS NEAR THE INNER STAIRWELL, WHILE THE LOWER STRUCTURE REMAINED
IN TACT. A NEARBY MORTON STEEL SHED WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH
SEVERAL SMALLER SHEDS. MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED IN OR NEAR
THE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED AND MOVED SHORTER DISTANCES, BUT AT
LEAST THREE WERE ROLLED AND THROWN CLOSE TO 0.25 MILE AFTER BEING
CRUSHED ALONG AN ARC TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BUILDINGS. TREE
AND YOUNG CROP DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH AS IT CONTINUED
NORTHEAST 1 MILE WHEN IT HIT THE SECOND HOME. THIS WAS VERBALLY
RELAYED TO BE A 1893 HOMESTEAD WITH A FEW NEWER SHEDS NEAR AND AN
OLDER BARN. ALL WALLS WERE DESTROYED OR COLLAPSED INTO THE HOME,
WITH INTERIOR WALLS STILL STANDING. THE NEARBY BARN AND NEWER
SHEDS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. TREES WERE SNAPPED AND SHEARED AT
10 TO 15 FEET, AND TWO TREE STUMPS WERE PARTIALLY DEBARKED ON THE
WINDWARD SIDE NEAR THE HOME.
CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: UNKNOWN
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 9:29 PM CDT (ESTIMATE)
START LOCATION: 5 SW VALLEY CITY / BARNES COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.8931 / -98.4585 (ESTIMATE)
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 9:49 PM CDT (ESTIMATE)
END LOCATION: 3 S VALLEY CITY / BARNES COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.8604 / -97.9940 (ESTIMATE)
SURVEY SUMMARY: 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY CITY TREES WERE
OBSERVED WITH LARGE BROKEN BRANCHES WITH TREE DAMAGE INCREASING
NEAR SEVERAL HOMES. BOTH HOMES HAD MINOR SHINGLE AND ROOF DAMAGE
AND SIDING DAMAGE. 1 HOME HAD A COLLAPSED GARAGE AND PART OF THE
ROOF PORCH DAMAGED. AFTER THE TORNADO CROSSED THE RIDGE JUST TO
THE WEST OF THE SHEYENNE RIVER IT CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO
TREES AS IT CONTINUED SOUTHEAST WHERE IT DAMAGED UP TO 4 HOMES 3
MILES TO THE SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY BEFORE LIFTING. THE HIGHEST
DAMAGE WAS WITH A HOME WITH COLLAPSE EXTERIOR WALLS ON THE TOP
FLOOR AND COMPLETE ROOF DESTRUCTION, ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE
COLLAPSE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE GARAGE. A NEARBY CARPORT AND SHED
WAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THE HOME TO THE SOUTH MAINLY HAD ROOF AND
SIDING DAMAGE, WITH ONE EXTERIOR WALL PUSHED IN. MUCH OF THE OTHER
DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOMES WERE TO WINDOWS, SIDING, AND SHINGLES.
TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED WITH SOME LARGE AND MAINLY SMALLER BRANCHES
ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THESE HOMES AS THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED.
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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