2025 Enderlin tornado

In the late-night hours of June 20, 2025, a large and very violent EF5 tornado moved through areas near Enderlin, North Dakota. It was part of a larger outbreak that happened across the northern Great Plains between June 19–22.

Tornado
The tornado touched down at 11:02 p.m. CDT along 58th Street SE, 3.8 miles south of Enderlin. It ended at 11:21 p.m. CDT, about five miles southwest of Alice. The tornado lasted for about 19 minutes. It had a path length of .

The tornado was originally called by the National Weather Service (NWS) as Enderlin Tornado #1. Three people died in the tornado. The three deaths occurred at two different locations along the tornado's path. It was the deadliest tornado to strike the state since 1978, when an F4 tornado killed five people in Elgin.

Rating
It was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale since the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013, ending a historic 12-year-long drought of EF5 tornadoes. 

The tornado was the first of such intensity in North Dakota since the 1957 Fargo tornado.

Along with the 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado, 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado, and 2013 Moore tornado, this tornado has the highest rated official wind speed on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

References

Other websites
 ...Enderlin Tornado #1 Upgraded to EF-5... at the Iowa Environmental Mesonet

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