On the night of June 20, 2025, a very large and extremely violent tornado moved through rural North Dakota, United States, passing near the community of Enderlin. Part of a larger severe weather outbreak and derecho sequence across the northern Great Plains between June 19 and 22, the tornado, referred to as Enderlin Tornado #1 by the National Weather Service (NWS), was the first tornado to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale in the United States in 12 years. During its 16-minute lifespan, it achieved a peak width of just over one mile (1.6 km) wide, and tracked a total length of 12.1 miles (19.5 km), with wind speeds in excess of 210 mph (340 km/h). It killed three people, becoming the deadliest tornado to occur in North Dakota since the F4 tornado that struck the Grant County city of Elgin, in 1978.
The tornado was preliminarily rated EF3 with maximum wind speeds estimated at 160 mph (260 km/h). However, its rating was later upgraded to EF5 with maximum wind speeds estimated at >210 mph (340 km/h) in October following additional surveys and forensic damage analysis. The last tornado rated EF5 was in May 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma.
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