Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Duluth, MN

Issued

Jul 1, 2002, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Duluth, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
756 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KOOCHICHING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHWEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
  WEST OF RAY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KABETOGAMA AROUND 815 PM...

DAMAGING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

.END

&

LAT...LON 4871 9334 4803 9335 4802 9251 4870 9249
WJC

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
325 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002

CURRENT FORECAST MAP HAS THE SFC LOW OVER THE NODAK BORDER.  WARM
FRONT HAS ALMOST MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. INLAND DEWPOINTS SOUTH OF
OF THE CANADIAN BORDER ARE AROUND 70 DEG F.  H7 TEMPS ARE ARE STILL
IN THE 10C VICINITY BUT SOME TCU CAN BE SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE
OVER THE ARROWHEAD (AREA OF H85 THET E CONVERGENCE).  INSTABILITY IS
STILL HIGH...SBCAPES JUST SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT ARE STILL IN THE
4000 J/KG RANGE.  NEEDLESS TO SAY...IF ANYTHING CAN BREAK THE CAP
THEY WILL BE QUITE STRONG.

LOOK FOR THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TO ENTER THE WESTERN
ZONES BY 02Z.  BREAKING THE CAP WILL STILL BE THE PROBLEM THIS
EVENING.  LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS TO FORM IN THE VICINITY
OF THE FRONT AS IT PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH EXPECT MOST OF
THE STORMS TO POP NORTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER WHERE THE BEST THET E
CONVERGENCE IS.  WENT WITH EVENING STORMS IN THE MINNESOTA
ZONES...AND A CHANCE STORMS ALL NIGHT FOR NW WISCONSIN.

BOTH ETA/AVN AGREE IN DRYING OUT THE AIR MASS BEHIND THE FRONT.
PRECIPITABLE WATER DROPS TO 0.8 INCHES FROM NEARLY 2 INCHES SEEN
TODAY.  SBCAPES DROP TO ZERO AS WELL.  LOOK FOR A SUNNY AND NOT AS
HUMID DAY.

FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...ETA/AVN BOTH BRING IN SOME MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE WITH MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR THE DLH SOUTHERN
COUNTIES.  THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH
PASSING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WILL NOT INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS AT
THIS TIME.  BELIEVE MOST CLOUDS AND PRECIP ACTIVITY WILL STAY SOUTH.

DRY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY.  EVEN THE CU ALGARITHMS COME UP
DRY FOR THIS DAY.  LIGHT WEST WINDS.

STAYED CLOSE TO AVN GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS AND LOWS.

.DLH...NONE.

KFM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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