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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Duluth, MN

September 5, 1990Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 1990, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, WI

The radar

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

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, Sep 5, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MNZ003-004-008-009-052330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
528 PM CDT WED SEP 5 1990

AT 525 PM CDT DULUTH RADAR DETECTED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHEAST ITASCA COUNTY AND NORTHERN AITKIN COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR SWAN RIVER IN SOUTHEAST ITASCA COUNTY TO THE SHOVEL
LAKE AREA IN NORTHWEST AITKIN COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ITASCA COUNTY...NORTHERN AITKIN COUNTY AND
SOUTHWEST ST LOUIS COUNTY AREA URGED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD
THEY SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MaPH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin63 min
Sep 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin61 min
Sep 5, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton66 min
Sep 5, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

Sources

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