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Tornado Watch 448

June 20, 202513 counties in Minnesota; 31 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 20, 2025, 7:54 PM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota; 31 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2025, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 90 kt

All 49 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 95%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 70%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 40%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 40%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

71 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	56 min
Jun 20, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Stutsman	53 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	40 min
Jun 20, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	29 min
Jun 20, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes	27 min
Jun 20, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	35 min
Jun 20, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	35 min
Jun 20, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Barnes	34 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Oliver	62 min
Jun 20, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 1 more	44 min
Jun 20, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Steele, Traill	54 min
Jun 20, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	30 min
Jun 20, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	56 min
Jun 20, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Barnes	39 min
Jun 20, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Ransom	35 min
Jun 20, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson	19 min
Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	54 min
Jun 20, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	23 min
Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure	35 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Pierce and 2 more	61 min
Jun 20, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass	49 min
Jun 20, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Ransom	47 min
Jun 20, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	30 min
Jun 20, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	59 min
Jun 20, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	38 min
Jun 20, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	33 min
Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth	44 min
Jun 20, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman, Wells	54 min
Jun 20, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	31 min
Jun 20, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	57 min
Jun 20, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	24 min
Jun 20, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Griggs, Steele	53 min
Jun 20, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	50 min
Jun 20, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom	64 min
Jun 20, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Foster	18 min
Jun 20, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom	48 min
Jun 20, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	29 min
Jun 20, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Eddy, Griggs, Nelson	28 min
Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	57 min
Jun 20, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	39 min
Jun 20, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, McPherson	42 min
Jun 20, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Benson, Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh	56 min
Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	65 min
Jun 20, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	33 min
Jun 20, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	32 min
Jun 20, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele, Traill	43 min
Jun 20, 11:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	25 min
Jun 20, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland	36 min
Jun 20, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom, Richland	35 min
Jun 20, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	61 min
Jun 20, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	60 min
Jun 20, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	54 min
Jun 20, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Polk	57 min
Jun 20, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 3 more	56 min
Jun 20, 11:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	FGF	Cass, Richland	11 min
Jun 20, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin	53 min
Jun 21, 12:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	3 hr
Jun 21, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	66 min
Jun 21, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele	59 min
Jun 21, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen	38 min
Jun 21, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	50 min
Jun 21, 12:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	3 hr
Jun 21, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin	60 min
Jun 21, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Norman, Polk	54 min
Jun 21, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom	53 min
Jun 21, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Traill	48 min
Jun 21, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena	31 min
Jun 21, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Norman, Polk	62 min
Jun 21, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass	34 min
Jun 21, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 1 more	53 min
Jun 21, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	31 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 26.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 20, 10:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 6 more	118 min
Jun 20, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook and 10 more	8 hr
Jun 20, 11:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 2 more	66 min
Jun 21, 12:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Hubbard, Itasca, Saint Louis	97 min
Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Steele, Stutsman and 1 more	2 hr
Jun 20, 8:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Morton	30 min
Jun 20, 10:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burleigh, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 3 more	86 min
Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland	97 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.