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Tornadoes Tear Through North Dakota Sunday In Bizarre September Outbreak

A rather strange rash of tornadoes whipped through parts of the Dakotas Sunday, with flooding rain also hitting at least two North Dakota cities. And that's not the only weird thing that happened there.

By Jonathan Erdman • just now

Map of preliminary storm reports in the Dakotas on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. The actual number of tornadoes and tracks will be determined following National Weather Service damage surveys.

( Data: NOAA/NWS/SPC )

A swarm of tornadoes tore across parts of central North Dakota and South Dakota Sunday afternoon, leaving some damage as flooding rainfall swamped Bismarck during a bizarre September limited outbreak of severe weather in the Northern Plains.

It began

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