The severe wind outbreak of June 19, 2005
71 wind reportsNorth Dakota, North Carolina, Oregon and 7 more states
71 damaging wind reports across 10 states between 1:22 AM and 12:51 AM the next day CDT, 53 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 73 hail reports and 7 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · June 19, 2005
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 71
- on Sunday, June 19, 2005
- 75 mph or more
- 53
- 35 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- —
- No measured gust reported
- Measured
- 0
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 1 injured
- Counties reporting
- 25
- in 10 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 71 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 4:47 AM | Pierce County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:17 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:17 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:19 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:19 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:20 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:21 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:21 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:22 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:22 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:23 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:25 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 5:28 AM | Benson County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 6:20 AM | Cavalier County ND | 110 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 AM | Ramsey County ND | 102 mph | Estimated |
| 6:08 AM | Cavalier County ND | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 AM | Cavalier County ND | 100 mph | Estimated |
| 5:53 AM | Ramsey County ND | 91 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 AM | Towner County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 AM | Ramsey County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 AM | Ramsey County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 AM | Ramsey County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 AM | Ramsey County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 5:57 AM | Ramsey County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 AM | Walsh County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:15 AM | Cavalier County ND | 90 mph | Estimated |
| 6:48 AM | Pembina County ND | 87 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 AM | Stark County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:16 AM | Cavalier County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:17 AM | Cavalier County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:20 AM | Cavalier County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:22 AM | Walsh County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:25 AM | Pembina County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 6:25 AM | Cavalier County ND | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 AM | Ramsey County ND | 85 mph | Estimated |
| 1:22 AM | Stark County ND | 84 mph | Estimated |
| 6:58 AM | Pembina County ND | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Clackamas County OR | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Marion County OR | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Lane County OR | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 12:30 AM | Crook County WY | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 AM | Pembina County ND | 77 mph | Estimated |
| 7:00 AM | Kittson County MN | 77 mph | Estimated |
| 7:00 AM | Pembina County ND | 77 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 AM | Benson County ND | 76 mph | Estimated |
| 6:27 AM | Pembina County ND | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:32 AM | Pembina County ND | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:35 AM | Cavalier County ND | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:35 AM | Pembina County ND | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 AM | Pembina County ND | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 7:15 AM | Kittson County MN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Greene County TN | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 5:16 AM | Benson County ND | 72 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 AM | Pembina County ND | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 PM | Burke County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Rutherford County NC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:30 AM | Mercer County ND | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:10 AM | Mercer County ND | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:14 AM | Benson County ND | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:22 AM | Ramsey County ND | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:33 AM | Ramsey County ND | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 PM | Presidio County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 12:45 AM | Garfield County MT | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 12:51 AM | Beltrami County MN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 12:52 PM | Mecklenburg County NC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 1:25 PM | Gaston County NC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 PM | Mecklenburg County NC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 PM | Beaufort County SC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | Colleton County SC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 2:59 PM | Brevard County FL | 58 mph | Estimated |
By state
| North Dakota | 53 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | — |
| Oregon | 3 | — |
| Minnesota | 3 | — |
| South Carolina | 2 | — |
| Montana | 1 | — |
| Wyoming | 1 | — |
| Texas | 1 | — |
| Florida | 1 | — |
| Tennessee | 1 | — |
| Colorado | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Benson CountyND · 16 reports
- Ramsey CountyND · 10 reports
- Pembina CountyND · 10 reports
- Cavalier CountyND · 9 reports
- Mecklenburg CountyNC · 2 reports
- Mercer CountyND · 2 reports
- Kittson CountyMN · 2 reports
- Stark CountyND · 2 reports
- Walsh CountyND · 2 reports
- Rutherford CountyNC · 1 report
Hail and tornadoes that day
73 hail reports, 4 of 2 inches or more; 7 tornadoes.
| 1:23 AM | Stark County ND | 3.00 |
| 2:00 AM | Mercer County ND | 2.25 |
| 10:05 PM | Johnson County WY | 2.25 |
| 10:40 PM | Campbell County WY | 2.00 |
| 1:33 AM | Stark County ND | 1.75 |
| 2:48 AM | Ward County ND | 1.75 |
| 3:00 AM | Oliver County ND | 1.75 |
| 7:00 PM | Deschutes County OR | 1.75 |
| 7:58 PM | Weld County CO | 1.75 |
| 8:05 PM | Florence County SC | 1.75 |
| 8:20 PM | Elbert County CO | 1.75 |
| 8:30 PM | Williamsburg County SC | 1.75 |
| 9:20 PM | Elbert County CO | 1.75 |
| 12:05 AM | Powder River County MT | 1.75 |
| 4:45 AM | Benson County ND | 1.50 |
| 1:00 AM | Carter County MT | 1.25 |
| 7:00 PM | Deschutes County OR | 1.25 |
| 1:05 AM | Bowman County ND | 1.00 |
| 1:22 AM | Stark County ND | 1.00 |
| 1:25 AM | Bowman County ND | 1.00 |
| 1:55 AM | Hettinger County ND | 1.00 |
| 2:40 AM | Ward County ND | 1.00 |
| 2:54 AM | Oliver County ND | 1.00 |
| 2:59 AM | Ward County ND | 1.00 |
| 3:40 AM | Oliver County ND | 1.00 |
| 1:50 PM | Orange County FL | 1.00 |
| 2:15 PM | Lincoln County NC | 1.00 |
| 6:00 PM | Roseau County MN | 1.00 |
| 6:09 PM | Deschutes County OR | 1.00 |
| 6:15 PM | Kershaw County SC | 1.00 |
| 6:30 PM | Reeves County TX | 1.00 |
| 6:50 PM | Deschutes County OR | 1.00 |
| 6:55 PM | Polk County MN | 1.00 |
| 7:15 PM | Deschutes County OR | 1.00 |
| 9:16 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 9:25 PM | Campbell County WY | 1.00 |
| 9:32 PM | Elbert County CO | 1.00 |
| 9:40 PM | El Paso County CO | 1.00 |
| 11:30 PM | Crook County WY | 1.00 |
| 3:30 AM | McLean County ND | 0.88 |
| 5:22 AM | Ramsey County ND | 0.88 |
| 5:25 AM | Ramsey County ND | 0.88 |
| 5:33 AM | Ramsey County ND | 0.88 |
| 12:52 PM | Mecklenburg County NC | 0.88 |
| 1:00 PM | Charleston County SC | 0.88 |
| 1:25 PM | Gaston County NC | 0.88 |
| 1:32 PM | Hampton County SC | 0.88 |
| 2:00 PM | Charleston County SC | 0.88 |
| 2:30 PM | York County SC | 0.88 |
| 5:00 PM | Marshall County MN | 0.88 |
- F1 tornado4:45 AM CDT
- F1 tornado4:56 AM CDT
- F1 tornado5:15 AM CDT
- F1 tornado5:18 AM CDT
- F0 tornado4:00 PM CDT
- F0 tornado4:10 PM CDT
- F0 tornado7:08 PM CDT
2005 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.