1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 17, 1:25 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 225 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... IN THE SHORT TERM...LINE OF CONVECTION ACRS WRN CWA NEAR SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY BLOSSOM INTO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE QUICKLY EAST OUT OF CWA BY LATE TONIGHT. MUCH COOLER AIR OBSERVED UPSTREAM...SO STUCK WITH THE COOLEST OF THE MOS PACKAGES FOR MAXES ON MONDAY. SHOULD BE BREEZY ON MONDAY WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. BOTH THE 06Z NAM AND 12Z HAVE BOTH DEPICTED QPF ACROSS OUR CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STRONG WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT...ALONG WITH AN INCOMING UPPER JET MAX SEEM TO PROVIDE THE FORCING. WILL JUST BROADBRUSH WITH CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT OUR MAX TEMPERATURE GRIDS FOR WEDNESDAY...GIVEN POSSIBILITY OF A LOT OF PRECIPITATION...BUT HAVE LEFT THESE PREVIOUSLY COLLABORATED VALUES FOR NOW. LONGER TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY LATEST GFSLR AND ECMWF MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING COOL CANADIAN AIR INTO THE PICTURE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF WARM CONTINENTAL TROPICAL AIR INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...INCLUDING THE MPX CWA. GFSLR AND ECMWF JET FORECAST (30H LEVEL) SHOWS MAX WIND BELT WELL NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW OVER THIS PERIOD. WE ARE ADVERTISING A THUNDERSTORM THREAT WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. && NAISTAT/WET
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-180930- CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MORRISON-POPE- REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-YELLOW MEDICINE- 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY MIDDAY...AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MNZ044-050-051-059-066>068-074>076-082>085-091>093-180930- BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN- MCLEOD-MILLE LACS-NICOLLET-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN- WRIGHT- 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE LARGE HAIL THREAT WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S... HEAT INDICES COULD REACH 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. AVOID SPENDING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTDOORS TODAY. IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...WEAR LIGHT...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND STAY HYDRATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ045-052-053-060>063-069-070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-180930- ANOKA-BARRON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-GOODHUE- HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT- ST CROIX-WASHINGTON- 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL REACH THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S...HEAT INDICES COULD APPROACH 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. AVOID SPENDING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTDOORS TODAY. IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...WEAR LIGHT...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND STAY HYDRATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. KAT
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a home on Eureka Avenue was struck by lightning. The resulting fire caused $75,000 damage to the structure.
Scattered tree branches were downed across the county. The time was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2005
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: 5465649, 5465650.