3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 1:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... VORT NEAR DLH WITH TROF INTO SW MN HAS CARRIED INITIAL AREA OF PRECIP THRU AREA. HOWEVER...IN PAST HOUR OR SO NEW DEVELOPMENT BEGINING NEAR BNDRY STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL MN TO LOW PRESSURE OUT NEAR ETH. AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH SB LIS AROUND B5 TO B6 BUT 0-6KM BULK SHEAR NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE (20 TO 25 KTS). EXPECT TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALNG E-W BOUNDARY AS HEATING CONTINUES AND THEN SWRD ALNG TRAILING WEAK COLD FRONT. WB AROUND 95K WHICH WOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME HAILBALLS. 18Z RUN OF ETA BIT SLOWER THAN 12Z RUN SO HELD CHC TSTMS IN E MN TIL 03Z AND TIL AROUND 09Z IN W WI. NICE DAY AHEAD FOR SUNDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. HOWEVER...SUNDAY NIGHT QUITE IMPRESSIVE AIRMASS CHANGE IN W CWA AS 50 KT LLJ REVES UP AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE COMING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. VERY STRONG 850 MB THETA E ADVECTION DEVELOPING IN LLJ ACROSS W MN WITH BIG CHANGE IN ELEVATED INSTABILITY. ADDED THUNDERSTORMS TO W AREAS AFTER 06Z. SHORTWAVE AND THETA E ADVECTION SHOULD CARRY THEM NE MONDAY MORNING. VERY WARM MID LEVEL AIR THEN MOVES IN WITH 700 MB TEMPS OF +12 OR BETTER INTO CENTRAL MN WHICH MAY SUPPRESS ANY CONVECTIVE CHANCES FOR MONDAY AFTN. LEFT CHANCY POPS FOR N AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND BROUGHT CHANCE BIT FARTHER S MONDAY NIGHT AS CAP WEAKENS. CONTINUED UNSETTLED THRU TUESDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE ANCHORED SW OF MN AND CONTINUED FEED OF MOIST SUMMER-TIME AIR INTO AREA. IN THE LONGER TERM...WED THROUGH SAT...00Z 6/5 GFS ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO INITIALLY INDICATE SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA WITH DEEP TROUGH OVER THE WRN US. ENSEMBLES SUGGEST THE WEST COAST UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING UP OVER THE DAKOTAS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND HINT THAT IT COULD FORM A CLOSED CIRCULATION. THE GFS MODEL FORECASTS K INDICES IN THE 30S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FROM ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD SUPPORTING A WET AND UNSETTLED SCENARIO. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && NOTE...EFFECTIVE 1200 ETC JUNE 8TH THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER /PID/ FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ISSUED BY WFO TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN WILL CHANGE FROM AFDMSP TO AFDMPX. THE WMO CODE WILL REMAIN FXUS63 KMPX.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 512 AM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-061100- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA- DOUGLAS-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI- KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER- MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD- RENVILLE-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE- STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- 512 AM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY...AND WILL EXIT INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Ponding of water was reported on Highway 47 three miles north of Ogilvie, and on Highway 70 and County Road 2 in the southern portion of the county.
A power line was downed onto Highway 70. The time was estimated.
A dozen trees were downed throughout the city.
A funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement.
A handful of trees were downed. The time was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2004
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: 5405860, 5405603, 5405859, 5405861, 5405862, 5405863, 5405864.