Only two tornadoes are listed in the Storm Prediction Center database for June 29, 1975 and they are on opposite sides of the country. An F0 quickly hit parts of Palm Beach County, FL and an F4 (perhaps a part of a family of tornadoes) caused tremendous damage in Slope, Hettinger and Grant Counties in North Dakota.
The tornado began 4 miles west of New England. It then moved south of Regent to west of Mott. 10 farms were destroyed, some leveled. There was a total of 4 injuries and tragically and infant was killed. 3-month-old Roger Focht was killed and his parents were injured at their farm near Regent.
Per an article in The Billing Gazette from July 1, 1975, Merlyn Austin who farms about a mile from the Focht Farm said all that was left were “three concrete steps that were found under the rubble in our field.”
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