NWS Grand Forks · June 20, 2025
Spiritwood/Urbana EF3 Tornado
The Spiritwood/Urbana tornado was one of the first violent supercell case files in the June 20 event. NWS Grand Forks later upgraded the track to EF3 after reviewing farmstead damage, steel shed damage, tree damage, and high-resolution satellite evidence of ground scouring.
RatingEF3 · 155 mph
Time8:50-9:20 PM CDT
Path7.65 mi NWS · 8.65 mi NCEI
Width800 yd NWS · 990 yd NCEI
Fatalities / injuries0 / 0
CountiesBarnes and Stutsman, ND
Loading Spiritwood Replay
Preparing the official path, farmstead damage corridor, and camera pass.
Curving EF3 path near Urbana and Spiritwood
Start · 1 WSW Urbana
End · 3 N Spiritwood
NWS update + NCEI final record
Official Track
Farmstead damage and ground scouring.
NWS says the tornado developed near the Stutsman/Barnes County line, missed Urbana to the northwest, produced EF3 damage to two homes roughly a mile apart, then turned northwest and west as it weakened into eastern Stutsman County.
Start1 WSW Urbana · 46.9282, -98.4373 · 8:50 PM CDT
End3 N Spiritwood · 46.9830, -98.4934 · 9:20 PM CDT
Damage signalEF3 damage was assigned after NWS reanalysis of farmstead, steel shed, tree, and satellite-scour evidence.
Source noteThe later NWS update lists 7.65 miles and 800 yards; the NOAA/NCEI event record lists 8.65 miles and 990 yards.
THE INTERCEPT · Field Media
Spiritwood case footage coming soon.
Field mediaReserved for the Spiritwood field cut once it is added.
Case angleA photogenic EF3 that later became a survey-upgrade story.
Visual spineFarmstead impacts, scouring, and the northwestern turn near the county line.
Official Sources
NWS and NOAA source log.
This case file uses the NWS Grand Forks June 20 event page, the NWS August 6 update for Spiritwood/Urbana, and the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events record.