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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Duluth, MN

July 16, 1997Ashland County, Iron County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1997, 11:26 AM CDT for Ashland County, Iron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: Jul 16, 1997, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 1997, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, WI, Iron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 16, 12:15 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Hurley, WI

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.

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.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 2:30 PM CDT, 20 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:30 PM CDT, 20 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook	38 min
Jul 16, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min
Jul 16, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	32 min
Jul 16, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	65 min
Jul 16, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton	55 min
Jul 16, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	63 min
Jul 16, 8:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Douglas, Washburn	35 min
Jul 16, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield	63 min
Jul 16, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Iron	57 min
Jul 16, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer	62 min
Jul 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	60 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Sawyer	47 min
Jul 16, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.