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Tornado Watch 610
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 14, 2025, 1:07 PM CDT for 31 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2025, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 37 counties
Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Griggs 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, Nelson County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 23 min |
| Sep 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 26 min |
| Sep 14, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, McIntosh | 26 min |
| Sep 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Sheridan | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 33 min |
| Sep 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Sep 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Sheridan | 50 min |
| Sep 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Ward | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 37 min |
| Sep 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 13 more | 94 min |
| Sep 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan | 88 min |
| Sep 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 11 more | 96 min |
| Sep 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Eddy, Foster, Griggs and 11 more | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo and 29 more | 92 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.