2 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 3:00 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA IS AHEAD OF A WELL DEFINED CIRCULATION CENTER SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE RUC MODEL SHOWS THAT THIS CONVECTION IS ALSO IN AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. THIS DIVERGENCE IS FORECAST BY THE 06Z NAM12 MODEL TO MOVE NORTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY 12Z. THE CURRENT TREND ON SATELLITE IMAGERY SUPPORTS THIS SCENARIO. THE ABOVE MENTIONED CIRCULATION CENTER IS FORECAST BY THE NAM MODEL TO REACH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT MIDDAY THEN MOVE JUST NORTH OF RICE LAKE...WISCONSIN BY 00Z. THE CHANCE OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY AS THIS FEATURE MOVES THROUGH. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA MONDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DECREASING TO 0.75 INCH...ACCORDING TO THE GFS MODEL. STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION IS FORECAST TO SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE REGION STARTING MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR BACK TO 1.8 INCHES TUESDAY. THE NAM12 MODEL STRONGLY HINTS AT A STATIONARY FRONT SETTING UP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. NAM MODEL DATA ON BUFKIT SHOWS THAT THE WARM AIR COULD CAP THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TUESDAY. A TYPICAL SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR THE CAP TO BREAK TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. LONGER TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INITIALLY...NARROW THICKNESS RIDGE POKING ACROSS MPX CWA FROM THE CENTRAL PLAIN STATES WITH 570 TO 574 THICKNESSES. THIS FEATURE BROADENS OUT AS IT SLIDES EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH THICKNESS COOLING OF 60 TO 120 METERS INTO THE WEEKEND. SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER THIS FOUR DAY PERIOD INDICATES MARITIME TROPICAL AIR WILL BE OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF OUR REGION WHICH SUGGESTS AT LEAST COME CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE SAME TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD...THERE WILL BE A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE FOUR DAY PERIOD. HIGH MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY INDICATED BY GFS ON WEDNESDAY APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE PASSING THROUGH THE AREA WITHIN A BROAD BAND OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. GIVEN OUR FORECAST THICKNESSES...IF SUCH A TRANSIENT FEATURE FAILS TO MATERIALIZE...OUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PROVE TO BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES TOO LOW. ALSO...OUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MAY VERY WELL BE TOO LOW FOR THE AIRMASS THAT ENDS UP OVER THE AREA AND MAY HAVE TO BE RAISED LATER...HOWEVER THIS IS WHAT SURROUNDING OFFICES APPEAR TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH AT THIS POINT. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 MNZ041>044-047>051-054>060-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-061100- BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- HENNEPIN-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER- MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT- SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WATONWAN- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1220 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT MNZ045-052-053-061>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-061100- ANOKA-BARRON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-GOODHUE-ISANTI- KANABEC-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-RUSK-ST CROIX-WASHINGTON- 1220 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...BUT A FEW TORNADOS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. KEEP UP ON THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA BY STAYING TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION...OR FROM NOAA WEATHER RADIO. HAVE A PLAN IN ADVANCE THAT WILL HAVE YOUR FAMILY IN A PREARRANGED PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAH
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:21 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sheriff's department stated that several motorists reported seeing a funnel cloud.
Several spotters reported a funnel cloud near Interstate 94 and Keats Avenue.
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: 5462317, 5462318.