Tornado Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
349 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

DISCUSSION WILL BE SHORT DUE TO ANTICIPATED SEVERE WEATHER. NEAR
SEVERE MCS NOW INTO NW MN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD IN MN
CWFA. TSRA WILL HOLD OFF IN NW WI UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING AS
ATMOSPHERE IS WELL CAPPED. EXPECT MCS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
OVER THE FA...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WESTERN TIER OF FA.
BULK OF THE TSRA WILL BE OVER BY 12Z THURSDAY...BUT MAY LINGER IN NW
WI. A BREAK IN THE ACTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THURSDAY AS A PIECE
OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY DUE TO ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON. TSRA WILL
BREAK OUT ONCE AGAIN AND TRAVERSE THE FA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
EXPECT ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT OVER MAINLY EASTERN
HALF OF FA THURSDAY EVENING AND LINGER INTO NW WI. NO PCPN EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY.

.DLH...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1251 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT IN A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY IN NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM CRANE LAKE TO GRAND RAPIDS TO
BRAINERD FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TO THE EAST OF THIS
LINE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER THE
DAKOTAS TODAY AND MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND PUSH INTO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN BY
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SIREN TO PARK FALLS FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE
IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND TONIGHT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0440 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0436 PM    BIGFORK                   MN   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/02/03   NORTHEAST ITASCA               70+ MPH WINDS WITH 6-8
                                          INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0508 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    10 NE DEER RIVER          MN   80 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/02/03   SOUTHERN ITASCA                TREES DOWN.

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