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Tornado in Foster County, North Dakota

Tornado June 28, 2025 · Foster County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.7 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

This is one of the two tornadoes that occurred at approximately the same time east of Bordulac. The tornado touched down in an open field impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a cold front that stretched from northeast towards south-central North Dakota, in an area of elevated instability. A storm became severe in the mid-afternoon producing half-dollar size hail near the community of McHenry in Foster County. Later in the afternoon, another thunderstorm developed over Foster County. From this storm, two landspout tornadoes developed nearly simultaneously to the east of the community of Bordulac. The tornadoes were on the ground together for a period of time. Both tornadoes touched down in an open field and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornadoes were rated EF-U (Unknown).

Began near Bordulac (47.3756, -98.9439).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Foster County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1263669. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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