Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 5, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 5, 2003
Start: 2003-06-05T14:25
End: 2003-06-05T18:35
Location: Minnesota

June 5, 2003 · NWS FGF · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 1:45 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:45 PM CST, 40 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
245 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

...FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND
TEMPERATURES.

MODELS SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES IN ORIENTATION/TRACK AND TIMING OF
NEXT UPPER LOW TO SWING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. FAVOR ORENTATION OF
ETA AND TIMING OF GFS SO WILL TRY TO USE MIX FOR GRIDS.

FOR TONIGHT CONVECTION CONTINUING TO FIRE OVER FA IN RELATIVELY
RANDOM FASHION. AIRMASS MODESTLY UNSTABLE HOWEVER ANYTHING ORGANIZED
UNLIKELY AS FLOW THROUGH COLUMN REMAINS WEAK AND PRECIPITABLE H20
BLO ONE INCH. AS A RESULT CURRENT CONVECTION TO WEAKEN QUICKLY WITH
LOSS OF MAX HEATING. WILL MAINTAIN SCT MENTION MAINLY ALONG AND
AHEAD OF BOUNDARY INTO EVENING HOURS. BOUNDARY TO MOVE LITTLE
OVERNIGHT AND AS CU FIELD DISSIPATES MAY AGAIN SEE SOME PATCHY BR
CONSIDERING CURRENT DEWPOINTS AND WEAK FLOW.

LOOKS LIKELY RELATIVELY SAME STORY TOMORROW AS UPPER LOW TRACKS
ACROSS SD AND BEGINS TO LIFT INTO MN. MODELS HAVING A TOUGH TIME
RESOLVING RH/CLOUD TRENDS. BASED ON TRENDS PAST FEW DAYS WILL
GENERALLY GO PC. THERMAL AND STABILITY PARAMETERS SIMILAR AND WITH
LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/SFC LOW OVER FA WILL CONTINUE WITH MODEST POPS.
NEXT UPPER LOW NOW OVER SASK FROM WATER VAPOR ENTERS PICTURE. THIS
FEATURE TO CARVE A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK. AGAIN DIFFERNCES ARISE ON
HOW THIS NEXT LOW INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ON EVOLVING SCENARIO SO WILL CONTINUE
MID RANGE POPS THROUGH SATURDAY.

COLUMN BEGINS TO DRY FROM NW-SE SATURDAY NIGHT AS ABOVE FEATURES
PULL EAST AND SURFACE HIGH RIDGES IN. WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST
INTO SUNDAY. BASED ON CURRENT MODEL DIFFICULTY WITH CLOUD TRENDS
WILL LEAN TOWARDS WARMER GUIDANCE VALUES.

.EXTENDED(MON-THU)...
GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE EXTENDED MODELS AND THEIR ENSEMBLES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. GENERAL TREND THROUGH PERIOD WILL BE FROM
NORTHWEST FLOW TO MORE ZONAL TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. ACTIVE
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS SEVERAL WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WITH
THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION COMING ON WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE
BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY. TROUGH BEGINS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AROUND THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER PUSH OF COOLER
TEMPERATURES INTO THE REGION.

.FGF...NONE.

VOELKER/DONAVON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:52 AM CST, 8 hours 33 minutes before

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-051400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
652 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOPPES

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Otter Tail

When: June 5, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Otter Tail County, Erhard
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.483, -96.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail

When: June 5, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Otter Tail County, Erhard
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.483, -96.100

Tree branches were blown down.

Hail, Roseau

When: June 5, 5:57 PM CST
Where: Roseau County, 12 mi N of Greenbush
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.867, -96.183

Hail, Roseau

When: June 5, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Roseau County, 11 mi NW of Greenbush
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.817, -96.350

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, June 2003

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5366195, 5366196, 5366197, 5366198.