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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1225 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025



...NWS Damage Survey for June 20 2025 Tornado Event Update...

.Update...

..Tornado North of Oriska...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.01 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   800 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/20/2025
Start Time:             11:17 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 NW Oriska / Barnes County / ND
Start Lat/Lon:          46.9791 / -97.8546

End Date:               06/20/2025
End Time:               11:22 PM CDT
End Location:           4 NNE Oriska / Barnes County / ND
End Lat/Lon:            46.9879 / -97.7501

Survey Summary:
Ground survey and satellite imagery confirm a tornado tracked
intermittently for approximately 5 miles. 2 farmsteads sustained
damage to buildings both suggesting winds around 100mph in the
first couple miles of the tornado there after satellite imagery
shows scouring in fields for another 3 miles or so where at one
point it reached 800 yards wide.

..Tornado South of Hunter...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.56 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/20/2025
Start Time:             11:36 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 SW Hunter / Cass County / ND
Start Lat/Lon:          47.1544 / -97.2605

End Date:               06/20/2025
End Time:               11:44 PM CDT
End Location:           5 SW Grandin / Cass County / ND
End Lat/Lon:            47.1856 / -97.0848

Survey Summary:
Radar confirmed TDS, shelterbelt tree damage, and satellite
imagery shows scouring in fields intermittent for roughly
8 miles.

..Tornado North of Hunter...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.98 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/20/2025
Start Time:             11:38 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 W Hunter / Cass County / ND
Start Lat/Lon:          47.1911 / -97.262

End Date:               06/20/2025
End Time:               11:44 PM CDT
End Location:           4 ENE Hunter / Cass County / ND
End Lat/Lon:            47.2117 / -97.1391

Survey Summary:
Radar confirmed TDS, shelterbelt tree damage, and satellite
imagery shows scouring in fields intermittent for roughly
6 miles.

..Tornado South Gardner...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  12.17 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   800 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/20/2025
Start Time:             11:41 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 ESE Arthur / Cass County / ND
Start Lat/Lon:          47.0872 / -97.1228

End Date:               06/20/2025
End Time:               11:51 PM CDT
End Location:           4 E Gardner / Cass County / ND
End Lat/Lon:            47.1438 / -96.8825

Survey Summary:
Satellite imagery and ground survey concluded that the tornado
tracked intermittently for for approximately 12 miles damaging
bean fields and shelterbelts along with 1 farmstead which lost
several grains bins, a hoop shed, machine shop and sustained roof
damage to 2 story house. Satellite imagery suggests the tornado
was a half mile at its widest.

&&

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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