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144 NOUS43 KFGF 132049 PNSFGF MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-140900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 349 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN GRAND FORKS COUNTY... A STORM SURVEY CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS FOUND EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO FROM A STORM ON JULY 12. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR ABOUT 2.2 MILES FROM APPROXIMATELY 3.8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF REYNOLDS ND TO APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF REYNOLDS ND. THE TORNADO HAD AN ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH OF 100 TO 150 YARDS. THE TORNADO LASTED FROM APPROXIMATELY 435 PM TO 445 PM...AND WAS RATED EF-1...WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEEDS AROUND 90 TO 100 MPH. NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWN...WITH SEVERAL TREES DESTROYED. TWO POWER POLES ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WERE DAMAGED. IN ADDITION...TIN SIDING WAS BLOWN ACROSS THE YARD OF ONE FARMSTEAD. $$ JAM