Thunderstorm Wind, Stutsman
- When
- June 20, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Stutsman County, Montpelier
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -98.583
70 mph winds and very heavy rain.
Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 20, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 3:05 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:05 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 405 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 .SHORT TERM... TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CURRENT CONVECTION FROM EASTERN MONTANA THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EARLY THIS MORNING. SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH SURFACE HIGH ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW A SMALL VORT MAX MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTION. HUMID AIR REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY AS THE DRY SURFACE HIGH SLIDES EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE H500 FLOW IS ZONAL WITH VORT MAXES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW ACROSS THE STATE AGAIN TONIGHT. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH TONIGHT WITH SMALLER CHANCES NORTH. LOTS OF CAPE AND EXPECT POSSIBLY SEVERE CONVECTION. ON TUESDAY THE H500 RIDGE BUILDS TO THE WEST AND BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SETS UP FROM MONTANA THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL KEEP HIGH DEWPOINTS OVER THE STATE AND THE BUILDING RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN A MID LEVEL THERMAL CAP TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE IS OVER THE DAKOTAS BUT BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NIGHTTIME CONVECTION IS LIKELY WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN. .LONG TERM... CLASSIC LATE JUNE PATTERN FAVORING NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JV/RSL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:48 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 548 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 NDZ018>020-031>035-040>046-211046- ADAMS-BILLINGS-BOWMAN-BURLEIGH-DUNN-EMMONS-GOLDEN VALLEY-GRANT- HETTINGER-MERCER-MORTON-OLIVER-SIOUX-SLOPE-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...BISMARCK...MANDAN... MOTT...MEDORA...LINTON...HETTINGER...BEULAH AND BEACH 548 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MDT OR 8 AM CDT. A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. NDZ036-037-047-048-050-051-211046- DICKEY-KIDDER-LA MOURE-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ELLENDALE AND ASHLEY 548 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOT A. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT. A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-021>023-025-211046- BOTTINEAU-BURKE-DIVIDE-FOSTER-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-MOUNTRAIL- PIERCE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-SHERIDAN-WARD-WELLS-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLISTON...MINOT...CROSBY...BOTTINEAU... WATFORD CITY...WASHBURN...STANLEY...RUGBY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON AND BELCOURT 548 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VINING
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 20 to 21, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 20 to 22, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 20, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 20, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 2005
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, 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: 5452408.