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North Dakota tornado was the first at EF5 strength in a dozen years
The tornado killed three people and carved a 12-mile path with winds over 210 mph, marking the first EF-5 rating in over a decade, officials said.
- On Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, the National Weather Service in Grand Forks announced the June 20, 2025 Enderlin tornado was upgraded to EF-5, the first in the U.S. since 2013.
- Initially classified as EF-3, the tornado was reassessed after three months of analysis by National Weather Service teams, engineers and scientists using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
- Investigators documented a train car lofted nearly 500 feet, multiple farmsteads and houses ripped from foundations, and a 12-mile track with about 1.05-mile width in the Enderlin area.
- The Cass County Sheriff's Office reported three deaths, including Michael and Katherine Dehn, both 73, and 89-year-old Marcario Lucio, due to the tornado that caused significant damage and power outages.
- Under the Enhanced Fujita Scale, the tornado was part of a June 19-22 storm system that produced 100 mph derechos and at least 40 other tornadoes, with EF-5 being the highest rating since 2007.
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EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years
The June 20 twister in Enderlin killed three people and caused significant damage. At its largest, the tornado was 1.05 miles wide (1.7 kilometers) and carved a path across the prairie for just over 12 miles (19 kilometers). Meteorologists from…
North Dakota tornado was the first at EF5 strength in a dozen years
A deadly tornado that tore across North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds over 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil in 12 years, meteorologists said Monday.
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