1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
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 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
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
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
&&
TRMPRELIMINARY 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
&&
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
903 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD VERMILLION 42.78N 96.93W
06/20/2005 CLAY SD EMERGENCY MNGR
IN ADDITION TO FLOODING ALL THROUGH TOWN, SEVERAL TREES
AND HOUSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY WATER AND WIND.
&&
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
928 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM HAIL VERMILLION 42.78N 96.93W
06/20/2005 0.88 INCH CLAY SD FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0838 PM TSTM WND GST VERMILLION 42.78N 96.93W
06/20/2005 0 MPH CLAY SD AMATEUR RADIO
WINDS GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH WERE CAUSING THE POWER TO GO
IN AND OUT.
0842 PM HAIL 2 SE LAKE BENTON 44.24N 96.26W
06/20/2005 1.00 INCH LINCOLN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0855 PM HAIL PARKER 43.40N 97.14W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH TURNER SD EMERGENCY MNGR
0902 PM HAIL RUTHTON 44.18N 96.10W
06/20/2005 1.00 INCH PIPESTONE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0902 PM HAIL 1 E PARKER 43.40N 97.12W
06/20/2005 1.00 INCH TURNER SD EMERGENCY MNGR
0919 PM HAIL 4 SW PARKER 43.36N 97.19W
06/20/2005 1.75 INCH TURNER SD EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
945 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL LAKE WILSON 43.99N 95.95W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH MURRAY MN PUBLIC
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 16 S BERESFORD 42.85N 96.78W
06/20/2005 UNION SD PUBLIC
LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND SWING BLOWN OVER.
&&
GHThe Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 2 to 3 inch diameter branches blown down.
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, June 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: 5458162.