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00:01A record-long streak has ended with the upgrade of a June tornado in North Dakota, now re-evaluated

00:07with a revised storm survey that makes it our first EF5 tornado since 2013.

00:13On June 20th, the tornado tracked 12.1 miles near Enderlin, North Dakota.

00:18It was on the ground for 19 minutes, and it killed three people.

00:22While the initial survey suggested 180-mile-per-hour peak winds, rating it an EF4, a more thorough

00:28review of the damage.

00:30Just recently confirmed winds actually peaked closer to 210 miles per hour.

00:34So here's the path this storm took, and again, this tossed several rail cars.

00:41Fully loaded with grain, they were toppled over.

00:44Tanker cars were lofted as an empty tanker car was even thrown more than 475 feet.

00:49This came as an EF5 tornado for the adjusted rating with complete destruction there.

00:56So the one rail car was thrown far greater than the distance from home plate to center field

01:01at a professional baseball stadium.

01:04Fifty United States tornadoes had been rated F5 between 1953 and 1999.

01:09And when the new enhanced Fujita scale was launched, nine more were rated EF5 between 2007 and 2013.

01:16Then we had this long stretch without an EF5.

01:20By far, the 2013 to 2025 drought of EF5 tornadoes was our longest period without a tornado meeting

01:27the highest level of destruction on the tornado rating scale.

01:31So it was a generally favorable streak without one of these EF5s, but that streak has since ended.

01:39And again, the storm survey initially was done with an EF4, but a more thorough analysis indicates

01:46this was indeed an EF5.

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