EF0 tornado in Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Tornado August 8, 2025 · Grand Forks County, North Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado briefly developed in east Mekinock about 1.9 miles northeast of the Grand Forks Air Force Base. It caused damage to the garages of 3 different homes, with a maximum expected wind of 105 mph based on one garage that was completely destroyed.

The wider storm

A QLCS type mesoscale convective system brought widespread severe thunderstorm winds to eastern ND, along with, multiple brief tornadoes during the early morning hours.

Began near Mekinock (48.0155, -97.3663).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1282469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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