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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

July 4, 1999Bayfield County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1999, 8:48 PM CDT for Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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 4, 1999, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1999, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Bayfield County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 9:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Bayfield, 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 tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching54 min
Jul 4, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca58 min
Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis61 min
Jul 5, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis58 min
Jul 5, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake61 min
Jul 5, 1:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHItasca, Saint Louis4 hr
Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHLake2 hr
Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis109 min
Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCook109 min
Jul 5, 7:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCook, Lake2 hr
Jul 5, 7:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis2 hr
Jul 5, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis66 min
Jul 5, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis67 min
Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis4 hr
Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCook4 hr
Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis6 hr
Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCook6 hr
Jul 5, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis65 min
Jul 4, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield64 min
Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield57 min
Jul 4, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron71 min
Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHBayfield4 hr
Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHBayfield6 hr
Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield56 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas56 min
Jul 5, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes in 1999

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.