Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 2005

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
Start: 2005-06-20T10:15
End: 2005-06-20T12:13
Location: Minnesota

June 20, 2005 · NWS DLH · 6 events in 3 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 1:00 AM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:00 AM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
200 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH MCS MOVING ACROSS AREA.  THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK FRONT
THROUGH AREA.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND GET INTO AN
EAST-WEST CONFIGURATION MOD-MORNING.  THERE WILL BE THREAT OF PRECIP
WITH THE FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING AND THE SOUTHERN AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF AREA TONIGHT AS DRIER MOVES PUSHES IN
BEHIND IT.  TUESDAY LOOKS DRY AND WARM AS RIDGE PUSHES INTO AREA.
THE UPPER AIR PATTERN DEVELOPS INTO A MOVE EAST-WEST PATTTERN
ALLWOING FOR FASTER MOVING DISTURBANCES.

.AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY INTO
TONIGHT.  THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY
TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE MVFR-IFR CIGS/VSBYS ASSOCIATED
WITH THEM...AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND VARIABLE WINDS ALONG WITH
HAIL. S/SW WINDS WILL BEGIN TO VEER OUT OF THE W/SW ON MONDAY.

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.

STEWART

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 6:57 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE FOR EXTENSION OF SLGT RISK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
757 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-211230-
ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-BURNETT-C. ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-IRON-
KOOCHICHING-N. AITKIN-N. CASS-N. ITASCA-N. LAKE/N. COOK-N. ST. LOUIS-
PINE-PRICE-S. AITKIN-S. CASS-S. COOK/LAKESHORE-S. ITASCA-
S. LAKE/LAKESHORE-S. ST. LOUIS/CARLTON-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
757 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH TO HIBBING TO SILVER BAY.  THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE ENTIRE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH

STEWART

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:13 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cass

When: June 20, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Cass County, Pine River
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 46.717, -94.400

Sixty-three trees were uprooted at the Pine River Country Club.

Hail, Crow Wing

When: June 20, 10:49 AM CST
Where: Crow Wing County, 7 mi N of Brainerd
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.467, -94.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Cass

When: June 20, 10:51 AM CST
Where: Cass County, Leader
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 46.533, -94.650

A pontoon was swamped on Gull Lake. All passengers aboard were rescued.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing

When: June 20, 11:07 AM CST
Where: Crow Wing County, 4 mi S of Merrifield
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.417, -94.167

Trees were blown down and blocked Highway 3.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing

When: June 20, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Crow Wing County, Merrifield
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.467, -94.167

Trees were blown down around County Road 127 and Ojibway Road, and by County Roads 3 and 115, resulting in power outages.

Hail, Pine

When: June 20, 12:13 PM CST
Where: Pine County, 1 mi SW of Hinckley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.000, -92.950

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, June 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: 5460298, 5460300, 5460299, 5460301, 5460302, 5460303.