Three different rounds of severe weather occurred between the afternoon of June 4th and the evening of June 5th. The third round of severe weather, albeit more isolated, came during the evening hours on June 5th.
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 episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
Three different rounds of severe weather occurred between the afternoon of June 4th and the evening of June 5th. The third round of severe weather, albeit more isolated, came during the evening hours on June 5th. A few isolated severe storms across Fond du Lac and Dodge counties caused a few reports of wind damage. About 4 miles north of Bryon, a 4x12 foot panel was tossed 50 feet. A pole shed, machine shed, and a silo was damaged 3 miles west of Brownsville which caused $20,000 in damage. Synoptically, an area of low pressure tracked across eastern South Dakota on June 4th and into northern Minnesota by late evening on June 5th. A warm front surged north across South-Central and Southeast Wisconsin during the evening on June 4th, causing thunderstorms to develop. The warm front stalled for a bit during the early morning hours on June 5th, allowing another round to develop and head east across the area. Finally, the warm front pushed into northern Wisconsin, allowing warm and humid air to flood into the region, fueling the final round along the cold front by late afternoon or early evening on June 5th.
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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS IS ON STG SYS COMING THRU NOW. IN THE SHORT TERM...2 MAIN RGNS FOR CNVTV GROWTH THIS AFTN...ONE E OF HERE CLOSER TO THKNS RDG AND THE OTR TO OUR W ARND CLD CRCLN CNTR WITH VIGOROUS UPR TROF. LATTER RGN IS OUR MAIN CONCERN TNGT AS TROF LIFTS ACRS UPR MIDWEST. SO NMRS STORMS WITH SVR POTENTIAL COMING THRU...REF SWODY1. BRK IN THE ACTION TO FOLLOW TMRW INTO ERLY TUE AS UPR TROF LEAVES AND RDG BUILDS IN. NXT SYS APCHS LATER TUE AS WMFNT TRIES TO FORM. GFS KPS FNT AND MOST OF ASSOCD PCPN N OF HERE WHILE ETA AIMS MORE AT OUR AREA. WL SETTLE ON CHCY TYPE POPS AND PUSH TIMING BACK TO TUE P.M. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && NJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-061000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 1 PM CDT...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ LMZ643>646-665-061000- SHEBOYGAN WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WISCONSIN NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 1 PM CDT...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED WATER SPOUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE... WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ REM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 301 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052030- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 301 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... LOOK FOR A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH WESTERN SAUK...IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES BY 330 PM. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS IN SOUTHWEST KENOSHA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS WILL REACH A MILWAUKEE TO FRANKSVILLE TO PLEASANT PRAIRIE LINE BY 330 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH PER HOUR AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS AS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DRH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052115- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 327 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... LOOK FOR A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LA VALLE TO LONE ROCK TO EDMUND LINE TO CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD REACH A REEDSBURG TO LOGANVILLE TO SPRING GREEN LINE AROUND 415 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DRH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 405 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052205- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 405 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 530 PM. AT THIS TIME RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO LOCALES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GREEN LAKE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE ISOLATED STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. COLLAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 440 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052220- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 440 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM. THE BEST LOCALES FOR THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM NORTHEAST DANE COUNTY THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY INTO GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES. THERE WERE OTHER STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND THESE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS THEY DRAW CLOSER TO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME EITHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. COLLAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 525 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052320- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 525 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 520 PM AND 630 PM. THE BEST LOCALES FOR THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM EASTERN COLUMBIA INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES. ALSO OTHER STORMS WILL AFFECT GREEN LAKE COUNTY INTO WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THERE WERE OTHER STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND THESE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS THEY DRAW CLOSER TO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME EITHER. THESE MAY END AFFECTING SAUK...IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. COLLAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 545 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052320- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 545 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... ...INTENSIFICATION NOTED IN THUNDERSTORM ACROSS DODGE COUNTY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DODGE...GREEN LAKE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES BETWEEN 545 PM AND 7 PM. A THUNDERSTORM HAD STRENGTHENED RAPIDLY ACROSS WESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND AFFECT NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN DODGE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM AS IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND WINDS UP TO TO 50 MPH PEOPLE IN BEAVER DAM...BURNETT AND ATWATER SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STRONG STORM AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. COLLAR
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A pole shed, machine shed, and silo were damaged.
A 4 by 12 foot panel was tossed 50 feet. Trees and shingles were also reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5456430, 5456429.