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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
604 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/20/2025 TORNADOES IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...
UPDATE
NORTHWEST OF FORT RANSOM
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 10:20 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NW FORT RANSOM /RANSOM COUNTY / ND
START LAT/LON: 46.5620/-97.9790
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 10:28 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NW FORT RANSOM /RANSOM COUNTY / ND
END LAT/LON: 46.5905/-97.9740
SURVEY SUMMARY: FIRST VISIBLE INDICATION OF THE TORNADO OCCURRED
VIA A PHOTO REPORT TIME STAMPED AT 1020PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED
ACROSS 117TH AVE SE AND DAMAGED 3 POWER POLES. CONTINUED TO THE
NE TURNING TO THE NORTH EVIDENCED VIA SATELLITE IMAGERY WHERE IT
REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 350 YARDS IN AN OPEN FIELD. FROM
THERE IT TURNED BACK TO THE NW AND STRUCK THE FARM HOUSE AND GROVE
OF TREES. THIS IS WHERE THE PEAK DAMAGE INDICATORS SHOW WINDS
AROUND 120 MPH. AS THE TORNADO ROPED OUT ANOTHER POWER POLE WAS
DAMAGED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FARMSTEAD.
NORTHEAST OF LEONARD TO NEAR KINDRED
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.7 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 06/20/2025
START TIME: 11:44 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 NE LEONARD
START LAT/LON: 46.6930/-97.1720
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 11:51 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 W KINDRED
END LAT/LON: 46.6500/-97.0450
SURVEY SUMMARY: THIS TORNADO TRACKED SE ACROSS RURAL SOUTHERN
CASS COUNTY LASTING ABOUT 7 MINUTES AND TRACKING FOR ALMOST 7
MILES ACROSS MOSTLY OPEN COUNTRY. THE ONLY DAMAGE INDICATORS WHERE
TREES IN SHELTER BELTS. TRACK AND WIDTH WERE ASSESSED VIA
SATELLITE IMAGERY. SCOUR MARKS IN THE FIELD REACHED 100 YARDS AT
ITS MAX.
SOUTHWEST SANBORN
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: 6/20/2025
START TIME: 9:05 PM
START LOCATION: 5 SSW SANBORN
START LAT/LON: 46.8750/-98.2600
END DATE: 06/20/2025
END TIME: 9:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SSW SANBORN
END LAT/LON: 46.8710/-98.2520
SURVEY SUMMARY: VIDEO AND PHOTO EVIDENCE WAS USED TO CONFIRM THIS
NEARLY STATIONARY TORNADO. THIS TORNADO REMAINED IN OPEN COUNTRY
WITH NO DAMAGE OBSERVED AS IT TRACKED SLOWLY SOUTHEAST FOR ROUGHLY
A HALF A MILE.
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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