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Tornado in Adams County, North Dakota

Tornado June 17, 2025 · Adams County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.9 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

The tornado touched down in an open field north of Hettinger and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).

The wider storm

Isolated showers and thunderstorms developed over southwest North Dakota as a compact short-wave trough moved through the area. A short lived landspout tornado developed north of Hettinger in Adams County. The tornado touched down in an open field and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).

Began near Hettinger Arpt (46.0833, -102.6520).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1263431. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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