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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
101 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR DESTRUCTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BEMIDJI MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT JUNE 20 2025...
20250620_BEMIDJI
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: N/A
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/21/2025
START TIME: 12:40 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSE WILTON / BELTRAMI COUNTY / MN
START LAT/LON: 47.472 / -94.9632
END DATE: 06/21/2025
END TIME: 01:00 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE ROSBY / BELTRAMI COUNTY / MN
END LAT/LON: 47.4639 / -94.7486
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BETWEEN 12:40 AM CDT AND 1:00 AM CDT JUNE 21, 2025, A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED AROUND A 10 MILE SWATH OF DESTRUCTIVE
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 90-120 MPH.
HIGHEST IMPACTED AREAS EXTEND FROM NEAR THE US HIGHWAY 2 AND
DIVISION STREET WEST INTERSECTION, THROUGH DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI, AND
THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF LAKE BEMIDJI.
EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITHIN THIS
SWATH. WHILE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED WEST AND EAST BEYOND
THIS 10 MILE SWATH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS WITHIN
THIS 10 MILE SWATH. SUCH WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE
MADE NUMEROUS ROADS INACCESSIBLE, HAMPERING RECOVERY EFFORTS AND
TRAPPING PEOPLE AT LOCATIONS LIKE LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK. SOME
TREES THAT WERE DOWNED ARE REPORTED TO BE 100 TO 200 YEARS OLD.
AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE, WIDESPREAD AND LONG
DURATION POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED FOR OVER 50,000 REPORTED ACCOUNTS,
SOME LOCATIONS LASTING MORE THAN 6 DAYS AFTER THE EVENT WITHIN
BELTRAMI COUNTY NEAR THE BEMIDJI AREA. FALLEN TREES ALSO RESULTED
IN VEHICULAR AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ALONE ALSO
OCCURRED TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS, THE SANFORD CENTER ARENA, AND BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.
THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, COMPLETELY DESTROYED
OUTBUILDINGS AND GARAGES, ROOFS DAMAGED OR COMPLETELY DESTROYED,
AND NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF BROKEN WINDOWS. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO
AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORT BUILDINGS RECEIVED AT THE BEMIDJI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MEDIA RELAYED THAT 90 PERCENT OF BEMIDJI
STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS SUFFERED SOME FORM OF DAMAGE.
NWS STORM SURVEY TEAMS DID NOT FIND DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF
TORNADIC CIRCULATION, RATHER THEY FOUND DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
AT THE TIME OF THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUANCE, TOTAL
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
CJ
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