EF2 tornado in Ransom County, North Dakota

First visible indication of the tornado occurred at 1017pm. The tornado tracked NE for about 3.3 miles from its start doing mainly tree and power line damage. It did do some EF1 roof damage to one farmstead in this initial phase. The tornado tracked across 117th Ave and damaged 3 power poles. Lifted north tracking over open fields which showed some ground scouring via satellite imagery. Then the tornado struck a farmstead from the southeast and spread the debris to the north/Northwest. The tornado continued to the northwest crossing 117th and taking out a another power pole as it roped out. This tornado's path was about 5.2 miles long and 400 yards wide.

During the evening of Friday, June 20th into the early morning hours of June 21st, much of the region was affected by severe weather. Supercell thunderstorms developed across southeast North Dakota ahead of an approaching convective complex, producing multiple strong, destructive, and fatal tornadoes. This was followed by a powerful line of severe thunderstorms categorized as a derecho, which tracked across much of the region resulting in widespread straight line wind damage. After the derecho passed through the region, there was a period of prolonged destructive winds that affected portions of central and east central North Dakota, as well as adjacent portions of Minnesota. This was a unique event due to the combination of the violent tornadoes ahead of the derecho, and the long duration of significant winds that followed the derecho. Based on estimates provided by North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, the state lost anywhere from 50 to 80 million bushels of grain storage capacity from these storms.