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Tornado in Ransom County, North Dakota

Tornado June 2, 2024 · Ransom County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained storm spotter (DouglasB27) reported a tornado moving southeast towards highway 32 and had been on the ground 5 minutes prior to call.

The wider storm

A cold front provided ample forcing on a Sunday to produce discrete cells that eventually formed a linear system. Wind damage and Tornadoes were reported in SE ND.

Began near Ft Ransom (46.5200, -97.9300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186788. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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