1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 330 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING SVR WX. NO DISCUSSION. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 119 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-211200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 119 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG A SERIES OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN PROGRESS SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY THREAT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. HOWEVER...THERE IS AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ALONG ANY OF THESE BOUNDARIES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURES... HEAT INDICES WILL RISE INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 29...AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S AND DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 70 TO 75 RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE. A COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH IT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 2 PM NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. BT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
421 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0419 PM TSTM WND GST ADRIAN 43.63N 95.93W
06/20/2005 60 MPH NOBLES MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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GHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
423 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM TSTM WND GST 6 S ADRIAN 43.55N 95.93W
06/20/2005 60 MPH NOBLES MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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GHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
439 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM HAIL 6 N SPIRIT LAKE 43.51N 95.11W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH JACKSON MN PUBLIC
0437 PM TSTM WND DMG SPIRIT LAKE 43.42N 95.11W
06/20/2005 DICKINSON IA EMERGENCY MNGR
BUILDING DAMAGE IN SPIRIT LAKE FROM WIND.
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GHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
500 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0453 PM TSTM WND GST 4 ESE MELVIN 43.26N 95.54W
06/20/2005 60 MPH OSCEOLA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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GHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
505 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM TSTM WND GST LAKE PARK 43.45N 95.32W
06/20/2005 60 MPH DICKINSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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GHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
509 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG SPIRIT LAKE 43.42N 95.11W
06/20/2005 DICKINSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT IN SPIRIT LAKE.
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GHThe Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous streets, especially at intersections. Basement flooding was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2005
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