Enderlin Tornado Reclassified as EF5, Three Dead

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks on Oct. 6 reclassified the June 20 Enderlin, North Dakota tornado as an EF5, estimating maximum winds above 210 mph after additional forensic analysis; the twister had earlier been assessed as an EF3. The mile‑wide tornado carved a roughly 12‑mile path in about 19 minutes and was part of a larger derecho and storm system. It killed three people, identified in local reports as Michael Dehn, Katherine Pfaff‑Dehn and Marcario Lucio. Damage surveys documented catastrophic indicators — farmsteads swept from foundations, extensive tree debarking, tipped and derailed fully loaded grain hopper cars, and an empty tanker car lofted roughly 475–476 feet — supporting the EF5 rating. This is the first EF5 tornado on U.S. soil since the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado.