Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, June 7 to 8, 2005

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, June 7 to 8, 2005
Start: 2005-06-07T05:15
End: 2005-06-08T00:02
Location: Minnesota

June 7 to 8, 2005 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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: 3

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 3:28 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:28 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
428 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...
WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING UPPER CIRCULATION CENTER OVER EASTERN
OREGON WITH 3 SHORT WAVE LOBES ROTATING AROUND SYSTEM. ONE SHORT
WAVE WAS ROTATING THROUGH EASTERN MT. PRECIPITABLE WATER TO REMAIN
HIGH OR AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES THROUGH WED MORNING. AREA 88D
VAD WINDS EARLIER SUGGEST GOOD CONVERGENCE AT LOW LEVELS WITH A
SOUTHEAST WINDS 35 KNOTS OFF THE SURFACE AT KMVX, WEST WIND 20-30
KNOTS AT KBIS AND A SOUTH WIND 40-50 KNOTS AT KABR. GOOD LOW LEVEL
JET ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH CONVERGES OVER ND AND TURN
CYCLONICLY TO THE WEST. 850 HPA COL REGION WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN MN AND NORTHEAST ND THIS MORNING AND WILL SHIFT OVER LS BY
AFTERNOON. 850 HPA WNW-ESE NAM AND GFS MODEL THERMAL GRADIENT MAY BE
SLIGHT WEAKER THAN SUGGESTED FROM INITIAL UPPER AIR ANALYSIS. BEST
PRESSURE FALLS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MN TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

NEXT SHORT WAVE OVER CA EXPECTED TO ROTATE THROUGH THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TUE NIGHT AND WED, INTENSIFY AND CLOSE OFF. LOW LEVEL JET
WILL INTENSIFY AGAIN TUE NIGHT WHICH CONVERGES OVER THE DAKOTAS AND
MN THEN SHIFT AGAIN OVER WI BY WED MORN.

FORECAST AREA GETS DRY SLOTTED WED. NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE
ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCE IN. HOWEVER BY AFTERNOON COOLING AT MID LEVELS WILL
CREATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. WILL UP POPS WED IN THE EASTERN ZONES.

.LONG TERM...
NO CHANGE.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...FLOOD WATCH FOR ERN ND THROUGH 12Z WED. NDZ006>008-014>016-
024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054.
MN...FLOOD WATCH FOR NW AND W CNTRL MN THROUGH 12Z WED. MNZ001>009-
013>017-022>024-027>032-040.

&&

HOPPES

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
355 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNZ001-002-015-022-027-028-031-NDZ016-027-071039-
EAST BECKER MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-EAST POLK MN-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-MAHNOMEN MN-NORMAN MN-
WEST BECKER MN-WEST POLK MN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS AND DETROIT LAKES
355 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.NOW...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS A LARGE AREA
FROM GRAFTON AND GRAND FORKS TO FOSSTON AND DETROIT LAKES. A QUARTER
OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON THROUGH 530 AM CDT WITH SCATTERED
HALF INCH AMOUNTS.

MNZ004-NDZ007-008-071039-
CAVALIER ND-KITTSON MN-PEMBINA ND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANGDON
355 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.NOW...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AT CAVALIER...HALLOCK AND LANGDON WILL MOVE
NORTH INTO CANADA BY 430 AM. BUT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHICH ARRIVE IN THE NEXT HOUR. A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD THROUGH 530 AM CDT.

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028>030-038-039-049-
052>054-071039-
BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CLAY MN-EDDY ND-GRANT MN-GRIGGS ND-
NELSON ND-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RICHLAND ND-SARGENT ND-STEELE ND-
TOWNER ND-TRAILL ND-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-
WILKIN MN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAHPETON...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...
DEVILS LAKE AND FERGUS FALLS
355 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.NOW...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE AREA FROM CANDO AND
DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY...FARGO AND WAHPETON WILL CONTINUE BUT
GRADUALLY DECREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK. AN ADDITIONA QUARTER OF AN INCH
WITH SCATTERED HALF INCH AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH 530 AM CDT.

GV

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Wilkin

When: June 7, 5:15 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Wilkin County, Breckenridge
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 46.267, -96.583

2.5 inches of rain fell in an hour, flooding city streets.

Hail, Grant

When: June 8, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Grant County, Hoffman
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.833, -95.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkin

When: June 8, 12:02 AM CST
Where: Wilkin County, Campbell
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.100, -96.400

4 inch diameter branches were blown down.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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: 5461132, 5461324, 5461325.