Thunderstorm Wind, Swift
- When
- July 3, 2:36 AM CST
- Where
- Swift County, Benson Arpt
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.333, -95.667
A wind gust of 61 MPH was recorded at the Benson airport.
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 2:15 PM CST, 12 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:15 PM CST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST A LITTLE TRICKY TONIGHT DEPENDING ON LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN DAKOTAS THIS EVENING AND TIMING OF LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW INCREASE LATER TONIGHT. GFS AND NAM HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ON STRONG LAYER (850-700) WARM ADVECTION DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND PUSHING INTO MN LATE TONIGHT. GFS PATTERN FOR THIS IS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL MN. UPPER JET A LITTLE MORE SIMILAR WITH DECENT UPPER DIV OVER BOTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MN. JET SAGS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH DURING DAY WITH UPPER DIV FOCUSING MORE OVER SE MN AND IA. WILL PAINT POPS HIGHER THAN GFS OVER S MN LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS SOME THREAT OF SEVERE IF SIG MCS GETS GOING..BUT WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF LOCATION FOR SAID SYSTEM. MAY HAVE BETTER HANDLE BY LATE EVENING. SEEM LIKE A GOOD CHANCE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BE CONTINUING SUNDAY MORNING OVER EASTERN AREAS SO...RECOVERY OF INSTABILITY UNCERTAIN AS WELL AS POTENTIAL OUTFLOWS. BEST AREA FOR UPPER JET WILL BE SE MN OR IA..BUT SFC SYSTEM WILL STILL BE OVER CENTRAL MN IN AFTERNOON WITH DIFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN FAR EASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI. BASED ON THAT..STILL THREAT FOR SEVERE WITH AMOUNT OF SB CAPE AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR FORECAST. SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE OUT LATE EVENING LEAVING WNW FLOW FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. INSTABILITY BUILDS JUST TO OUR SW LATE TUESDAY THOUGH WITH RETURN FLOW. && LONGER TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED FCST...WITH UPR RIDGING TAKING HOLD OF THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE MID TO LATE WEEK. MOSTLY CLR TO PTCLDY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE...WITH STEADILY WARMING TEMPS. MAIN CHANGES WERE MADE TO POP/WX GRIDS TUE NGT/WED AND SAT. 02/12Z GFS BRINGS A MID LEVEL WAVE ACROSS SERN SD/SWRN MN/NWRN IA TUE NGT... WHICH WARRANTS SMALL POPS /30S/ TO AREAS SW OF THE MN RIVER VALLEY. GFS...ALONG WITH 06Z DGEX...GFSLR...AND 00Z ECMWF...BRINGS A FRONT THRU THE AREA ON SAT. THIS FEATURE WAS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE 00Z AND 06Z GFS RUNS...AND WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHER MODEL SOLNS...ELECTED TO INTRODUCE POPS ON SAT. .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. && JPR/KAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 11:42 AM CST, 14 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1242 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023>025-031100- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS- DUNN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-PIERCE- POLK-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY- ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT- 1242 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS...A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE DAKOTAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE GREATEST THREATS. AFTER THE MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXITS THE AREA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. WIZ016-026>028-031100- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-RUSK- 1242 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD SUNDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS. AFTER THE MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXITS THE AREA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MNZ047-054>056-064-031100- CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1242 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS...A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE DAKOTAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA NEAR MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. KAT
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Tornado and Flood in Kansas, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2005
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 3 to 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 3, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3 to 4, 2005
- Hail in Iowa, July 3, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 3, 2005
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 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: 5465646.