Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005

Name: Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
Start: 2005-06-20T19:42
End: 2005-06-20T19:42
Location: Minnesota

June 20, 2005 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:30 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:30 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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, Jun 20, 12:19 PM CST, 7 hours 23 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:08 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
608 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0547 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E WEBB                42.95N 94.97W
06/20/2005  65 MPH           CLAY               IA   PUBLIC

&&

BT

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:51 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
651 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     HAIL             2 WSW JASPER            43.84N 96.44W
06/20/2005  0.75 INCH        ROCK               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:42 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
742 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     HAIL             14 ENE WAKONDA          43.09N 96.85W
06/20/2005  1.00 INCH        CLAY               SD   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             13 ENE WAKONDA          43.08N 96.87W
06/20/2005  1.75 INCH        CLAY               SD   PUBLIC

0735 PM     FLASH FLOOD      13 ENE WAKONDA          43.08N 96.87W
06/20/2005                   CLAY               SD   PUBLIC

            2+ INCHES OF WATER STANDING IN YARD AND DRIVEWAY.

&&

JH

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:03 PM CST, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
803 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ062-067-070-071-210200-
CLAY-DAKOTA NE-DIXON NE-LINCOLN-LYON IA-MINNEHAHA-PLYMOUTH IA-
SIOUX IA-UNION-WOODBURY IA-
803 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...TRAVEL HIGHLY DISCOURAGED IN UNION AND CLAY COUNTIES OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...

A PAIR OF MASSIVE STORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH OVER THE
LAST HOUR OR SO. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING AND
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE ALL BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU PLAN ANY TRAVEL
ALONG INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN BERESFORD AND ELK POINT...OR ANY
HIGHWAYS WITHIN A 30 MPH RADIUS OF THIS AREA...PLEASE POSTPONE YOUR
PLANS.

08

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:15 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
815 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     HAIL             BALATON                 44.23N 95.87W
06/20/2005  0.75 INCH        LYON               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE, ANOTHER OFFICER REPORTED QUARTER
            SIZED HAIL AT 806 PM, BUT IT WAS DONE BEFORE 807 PM. MOST
            OF THE HAIL REPORTED FROM TWO OFFICERS WAS DIME SIZED.

0805 PM     HAIL             CROOKS                  43.66N 96.81W
06/20/2005  1.00 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

TRM

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:20 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
820 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0818 PM     HAIL             2 N SIOUX FALLS         43.57N 96.73W
06/20/2005  1.00 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TRM

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When: June 20, 7:42 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 2 mi SE of Lake Benton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.233, -96.267

What these are

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: 5458053.