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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

June 3, 1986Carlton County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1986, 7:08 PM CDT for Carlton County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1986, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carlton County, MN, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Carlton, MN
Jun 3, 7:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Carlton, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
400 PM CDT TUE JUNE 3 1986

AT 4PM THIS AFTERNOON DULUTH RADAR SHOWED RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A THUNDER
STORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED
ABOUT 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS AND WAS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
LEECH LAKE MINNESOTA.

PRESENT MOVEMENT WOULD PUT IT NEAR REMER MINNESOTA..20 MILES SOUTH OF
GRAND RAPIDS BETWEEN 4.15 AND 4.30 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT THIS
TIME..IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH THE
HEAVY RAIN.

PETERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT TUE JUNE 3 1986

AT 425 THIS AFTERNOON...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LEECH LAKE IN CASS COUNTY..ABOUT 110
MILES WEST OF DULUTH...THEN EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF
THE RANGE CITIES..THROUGH GILBERT AND AURORA. THE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY
EAST THROUGH ISABELLA..60 MILES NORTHEAST OF DULUTH..AND ON TO NEAR
GRAND MARAIS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR..90 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DULUTH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HILL CITY..ABOUT
70 MILES WEST OF DULUTH..NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CASS..ITASCA..AND
AITKIN COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..HEAVY RAINS..AND SMALL HAIL
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. STORM AT THIS

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
..CHRISTENSON..
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT TUE JUNE 3 1986

AT 425 THIS AFTERNOON...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LEECH LAKE IN CASS COUNTY..ABOUT 110
MILES WEST OF DULUTH...THEN EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF
THE RANGE CITIES..THROUGH GILBERT AND AURORA. THE LINE EXTENDED ALL THE
WAY EAST THROUGH ISABELLA..60 MILES NORTHEAST OF DULUTH..AND ON TO NEAR
GRAND MARAIS ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR..90 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DULUTH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HILL CITY..ABOUT
70 MILES WEST OF DULUTH..NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CASS..ITASCA..AND
AITKIN COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..HEAVY RAINS..AND SMALL HAIL
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
..CHRISTENSON..

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1986Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.