Overview
A well defined mesoscale complex developed across North Dakota and spread into the Red River valley in the early morning hours of Friday August 8 2025. Amongst the squall line of 60 to 80 mph wind gusts several brief QLCS tornadoes developed, enhancing the destructive nature of the winds. Additionally, strong winds destroyed bins at the Thompson and Finley elevators. |
Tornadoes
Select a tornado from the table to zoom into the track and view more information. The default table view is limited to 8 tracks, but can be scrolled by a mouse wheel or dynamically expanded. Additionally, the table can fill the entire window by clicking the small circular expanding arrow icon at the very top right of the table and returned to its original size by clicking the button again. The side information panel that opens over the map can be closed using the "X" on the upper right corner of the pop-up. Zoom into the map and click damage points to see detailed information and pictures from the surveys.
NOTE: times shown below are local to your device's time zone. |
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
![]() |
|||||
Tornadoes that fail to impact any ratable damage indicators on the EF-Scale are rated EF-Unknown (EF-U) |
Radar
Header
Caption | Caption | Caption | Caption |
Storm Reports
Insert storm reports here. Copy in PNS or paste map.
Environment
Insert synoptic summary.
Figure 1: Caption | Figure 2: Caption | Figure 3: Caption |
Near-storm environment summary.
Figure 4: Caption | Figure 5: Caption | Figure 6: Caption |
Additional environmental data.
Figure 7: Caption | Figure 8: Caption | Figure 9: Caption |
Photos & Video
Header
Caption (source) |
Caption (source) |
Caption (source) |
Caption (source) |
![]() |
Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged! Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site. |
![]() |