Tornado, Benson
- When
- June 11, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County, 5 mi W of Leeds
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.283, -99.550
A brief tornado touchdown over open country was reported.
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 11, 2000
2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Benson
- When
- June 11, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County, 3 mi E of Knox
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.069, -99.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Benson
- When
- June 11, 7:05 PM CST to 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Benson County, 6 mi NW of Leeds
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.350, -99.533
The tornado passed through rural farmland.
Funnel Cloud, Towner
- When
- June 11, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County, 5 mi W of Cando
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 48.686, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Towner
- When
- June 11, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Towner County, Cando
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 48.483, -99.200
Trees were blown down in Cando.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5148577, 5148573, 5148574, 5148575, 5148576.