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Tornado Watch 468

June 27, 202537 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 27, 2025, 4:20 PM MDT for 37 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2025, 4:20 PM MDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2025, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 4 in
Strongest gust expected: 70 kt

All 37 counties

Adams County, ND, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 60%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	45 min
Jun 27, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	61 min
Jun 27, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	68 min
Jun 27, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	57 min
Jun 27, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce	53 min
Jun 27, 6:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	41 min
Jun 27, 6:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	37 min
Jun 27, 6:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	37 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward	56 min
Jun 27, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	46 min
Jun 27, 7:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	36 min
Jun 27, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan	62 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	31 min
Jun 27, 7:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	58 min
Jun 27, 7:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Pierce	41 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan	46 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	61 min
Jun 27, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver	64 min
Jun 27, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce	30 min
Jun 27, 8:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Pierce, Wells	27 min
Jun 27, 8:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Benson	27 min
Jun 27, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	44 min
Jun 27, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Oliver	67 min
Jun 27, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh	65 min
Jun 27, 8:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons	57 min
Jun 27, 8:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	50 min
Jun 27, 9:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	30 min
Jun 27, 9:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	26 min
Jun 27, 9:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Oliver	54 min
Jun 27, 9:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	61 min
Jun 27, 9:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	BIS	Emmons	38 min
Jun 27, 9:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Burleigh	35 min
Jun 27, 9:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	63 min
Jun 27, 9:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Burleigh	31 min
Jun 27, 9:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	45 min
Jun 27, 9:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	31 min
Jun 27, 10:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Kidder	24 min
Jun 27, 10:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	65 min
Jun 27, 10:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons	47 min
Jun 27, 10:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	29 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	61 min
Jun 27, 10:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	32 min
Jun 27, 10:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons	62 min
Jun 27, 10:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	27 min
Jun 27, 10:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Wells	42 min
Jun 27, 11:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	48 min

Discussions around it

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 2:36 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Grant, Hettinger and 15 more	114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.