Funnel Cloud, Dodge
- When
- April 19, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, 3 mi N of Mantorville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Minnesota, April 19, 2005
Funnel clouds were sighted by law enforcement officials and the public, but none touched down.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Funnel clouds were sighted by law enforcement officials and the public, but none touched down.
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 233 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION TRENDS TONIGHT. LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER NORTHERN IOWA...AND AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW OVER WESTERN U.S. LATEST 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM LOW INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. LATEST MOSAIC RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WINONA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...TO MASON CITY IOWA. BOTH THE 12Z TUESDAY GFS AND NAM INITIALIZED THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WELL PER WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY. BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODELS IS THE GFS SLIGHTLY STRONGER WITH SURFACE LOW THAN THE NAM. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE. TONIGHT...SURFACE FRONT/LOW/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRACKS INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN. BOTH MODELS INDICATING GOOD SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORTS VECTORS ALONG SURFACE FRONT THIS EVENING. NAM INDICATING SURFACE BASED CAPE OF 700 J/KG AND 0-6KM MOST UNSTABLE CAPE OF AROUND 700 J/KG ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. CLOUDS HAVE INHIBIT SOME OF THE INSTABILITY OUT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT. THINKING WILL HAVE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND WIND POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS SURFACE FRONT TRACKS SLOWLY ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...THINKING RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH AND POSSIBLY TO AN INCH AND A HALF ACROSS SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. HAVE ADJUSTED QPF GRIDS FOR THIS. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH SURFACE FRONT SLOWLY SOUTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA FOR ANY LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHEAST FLOW AT SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO ADVECT INTO FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY AND HAVE ADJUSTED DEWPOINT GRIDS DOWNWARD. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM CONTINUE TO INDICATE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...EJECTING OUT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. BOTH MODELS INDICATE ENOUGH LIFT...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS FORECAST AREA. WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SHOWERS ACROSS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH PERIOD. BOTH THE 00Z TUESDAY GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN DIGGING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH PERIOD. FIRST UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO AFFECT UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY AND REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 00Z TUESDAY GFS INDICATING STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT OVER FORECAST AREA...AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY...AND TUESDAY. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && DTJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 9:37 AM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1037 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061- 201000- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE- FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER- OLMSTED-RICHLAND-VERNON-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 1037 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SURFACE FRONT WILL SINK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EXTEND APPROXIMATELY FROM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO NORTHERN KANSAS. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES WOULD SUPPORT THE CHANCE FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. CURRENTLY...THE BETTER CHANCES LOOK TO BE SOUTH OF AN AUSTIN TO TOMAH LINE...AND AFTER 4 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT LOOKS TO SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. CURRENTLY...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MOSTLY ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-201000- BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WABASHA- 1037 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WEAK WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS WILL PRECLUDE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT LOOKS TO SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. CURRENTLY...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. RIECK/DAS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 2:13 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
313 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLOOD ST. ANSGAR 43.38N 92.92W
04/19/2005 MITCHELL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING IN ST. ANSGAR.
0215 PM FLOOD STACYVILLE 43.44N 92.78W
04/19/2005 MITCHELL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BASEMENT FLOODING IN STACYVILLE
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MWThe radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 19, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, April 19, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, April 19 to 20, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, April 19 to 20, 2005
- High Wind in Arizona, April 19, 2005
- Debris Flow and Flood in Puerto Rico, April 19, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 19, 2005
- Tornado in Minnesota, April 19, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 19, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 19, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, April 19 to 20, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, April 19 to 20, 2005
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, April 2005
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: 5445600.