Hail, Stevens
- When
- June 7, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Stevens County, 5 mi WSW of Hancock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.467, -95.900
Quarter sized hail covered the ground and damaged crops.
10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 6, 1:26 PM CST, 13 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 226 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... MOST OF THE MRNG AND EARLY AFTN SHWRS THAT AFFECTED THE WRN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FA HAVE DISSIPATED ACCORDING TO PLAN...WITH THE WEAKENING OF THE LOW LEVEL TEMP ADVECTION DEPICTED BY THE 12Z RUC. A FEW VERY SMALL SHWRS REMAIN NEAR THE TWIN CITIES...SO HAVE CONTINUED POPS IN THE ERN PORTION OF THE FA THRU MID EVENING AS A RESULT. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE PREVAILED TODAY...WITH S/W RIDGING PREVAILING AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM IN THE WRN CONUS. A VERY INTERESTING AND COMPLICATED PATTERN EXISTS THRU THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS...AS DEEP TROF CURRENTLY OVER THE PAC NW MOVES SLOWLY EWRD...EJECTING SEVERAL S/W TROFS WITHIN THE SWLY UPR FLO AHEAD OF IT. SEVERAL MCSS ARE FCST TO IMPACT THE FA OVER THE COMING DAYS. ROUND ONE BEGINS TNGT...AS THE NOSE OF A 50 TO 55 KT LLJ ENTERS CNTRL MN BY 12Z TUE. MCS WILL INITIATE OVER ND NORTH OF THE SFC LO...ON THE CYCLONIC SHEAR SIDE OF THE LLJ. ACCORDING TO THE 12Z NAM FCST CORFIDI VECTORS...MCS SHUD PROPAGATE ESEWRD...FOLLOWING THE NOSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LLJ...AND AFFECT MOSTLY THE NRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF THE FA /N OF A KMVE TO KMSP TO KEAU LINE/. TEMP ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LLJ SHUD STRENGTHEN WEAK BDRY CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE MN/IA BORDER...AND BRING IT NWRD AS A WARM FRONT..ESPECIALLY AS THE SFC LO MOVES CLOSER TO THE FA. MCS WILL MOVE INTO WI BY MIDDAY TOMORROW...BUT THE SHOW DOES NOT END THERE. WITH THE WARM FRONT POSITIONED ACROSS SRN MN AND INTO W CNTRL WI...AND A COLD FRONT SETTING UP NEAR THE MN/DAKOTA BORDER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF ANOTHER IMPENDING OVERNIGHT MCS. THE FOCUS IS ON TWO PRIMARY AREAS /ONE NEAR THE WARM FRONT AND ANOTHER NEAR THE COLD FRONT/. SBCAPE VALUES OF 3000-4000 J/KG AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 40 TO 50 KTS WILL BE MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. LAPSE RATES IN THE -10 TO -30 C REGION APPROACH 7 TO 8 C/KM...SUPPORTING THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...AND DCAPE VALUES NEARING 1000 J/KG IN THE AFTERNOON LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF TORNADOES IS NOT ZERO IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT...THE HIGHER TORNADO THREAT IS LOCATED ACROSS S CNTRL AND E CNTRL MN...AND PORTIONS OF W CNTRL WI...GENERALLY NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. 0-1 KM SHEAR VALUES IN EXCESS OF 15 KTS ARE FCST IN THIS RGN...AND LCL HEIGHTS ARE FCST TO REACH A MINIMUM. HOWEVER...HIGHER CIN VALUES IN ERN PORTIONS OF THE FA /AS INDICATED BY MESOETA BUFR PROFILES/ COULD LEAD TO MORE ELEVATED STORMS THAN WILL BE FOUND FARTHER W...WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE TORNADO THREAT IN THE E. S/W NUMBER TWO INITIATES ANOTHER MCS LATE TUE NGT AND INTO WED MRNG...WITH THIS ONE AFFECTING MOSTLY THE SRN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FA...WHILE NUMBER THREE MOVES THRU THE FA WED NGT. IN ADDITION TO ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCSS /MOSTLY DAMAGING WINDS/...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THRU THE ENTIRE PD WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES FCST. LONGER TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE PERIOD WEATHERWISE IS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A STRONG TROF ALOFT FROM MT TO UT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHEAST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND NE-SW ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRAVERSING THE FRONT. FORECAST AREA IS BENEATH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN 80+ KNOT JET WITH AMPLE LAYER DIVERGENCE INDICATED. CONTINUED WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. INDICATIONS OF A BREAK IN THE RAIN NORTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS ON SATURDAY BEFORE YET ANOTHER TROF APPROACHES FROM THE WEST WITH MORE WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD ON MONDAY. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. && KAT/RAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-071100- CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE- STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE DAKOTAS AND MOVE EASTWARD...REACHING WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS IS NOT ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA BORDER BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD DOES NOT APPEAR GREAT AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE COMING NIGHTS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. MNZ066>069-074>076-082>084-091-092-071100- BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-FARIBAULT-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-NICOLLET- SCOTT-SIBLEY-WASECA-WATONWAN- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE DAKOTAS AND MOVE EASTWARD...REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS IS NOT ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD MONDAY NIGHT...SETTING UP ALONG A LINE FROM ST. PETER TO FARIBAULT BY MID AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE ENHANCED NEAR THE WARM FRONT...ALTHOUGH A LAYER OF WARM AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE MAY SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT THIS POTENTIAL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE COMING NIGHTS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. MNZ042-049-058-059-071100- MEEKER-STEARNS-TODD-WRIGHT- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE DAKOTAS AND MOVE EASTWARD...REACHING WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS IS NOT ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA BORDER BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD DOES NOT APPEAR GREAT AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE COMING NIGHTS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. MNZ060-062-063-070-077-078-085-093-WIZ023>028-071100- CHIPPEWA-DAKOTA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-PEPIN- PIERCE-RAMSEY-RICE-ST CROIX-STEELE-WASHINGTON- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY...AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS IS NOT ZERO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE COMING NIGHTS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD MONDAY NIGHT...SETTING UP ALONG A LINE FROM FARIBAULT TO RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE BY MID AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE ENHANCED NEAR THE WARM FRONT...ALTHOUGH A LAYER OF WARM AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE MAY SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT THIS POTENTIAL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MNZ043>045-050>053-061-WIZ014>016-071100- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-CHISAGO-ISANTI-KANABEC-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POLK- RUSK-SHERBURNE- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY...AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS IS NOT ZERO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE COMING NIGHTS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KAT
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 196 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:11 UTC.
10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail covered the ground and damaged crops.
Quarter sized hail dented cars and broke windows.
A tree and several branches were downed.
Dime sized hail was reported south and west of Benson.
Trees and power lines were downed near Benson.
Large branches were downed.
Penny sized hail fell near Lake Emily.
Quarter sized hail fell near the intersection of Interstate 35E and County Road E.
Trees and power lines were downed.
Lightning struck a home on Timberline Trail. The northwest corner of the home caught fire and sheetrock fell down on a person lying in bed.
Quarter sized hail fell near Highway 96 and Otter Lake Road.
The city public works department reported penny sized hail at the corner of Lincolntown Avenue and Long Lake Road.
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: 5462319, 5462320, 5462321, 5462322, 5462323, 5462324, 5462325, 5462326, 5462327, 5462328, 5462373, 5462374, 5462375, 5462376, 5462377.