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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Duluth, MN

April 18, 2004Cook County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2004, 1:35 PM CDT for Cook County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2004, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cook County, MN

The radar

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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 Apr 18, 3:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 7:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1137 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     HAIL             4 W HINCKLEY            46.01N 93.02W
04/18/2004  0.75 INCH        PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0224 AM     HAIL             13 E HINCKLEY           46.01N 92.67W
04/18/2004  1.50 INCH        PINE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0458 AM     HAIL             LITTLE ROUND LAKE       45.97N 91.37W
04/18/2004  1.00 INCH        SAWYER             WI   AMATEUR RADIO

0510 AM     HAIL             10 E HAYWARD            46.01N 91.27W
04/18/2004  0.75 INCH        SAWYER             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0705 AM     HAIL             SPOONER                 45.82N 91.89W
04/18/2004  0.75 INCH        WASHBURN           WI   AMATEUR RADIO

0740 AM     HAIL             3 W SHELL LAKE          45.74N 91.96W
04/18/2004  2.00 INCH        WASHBURN           WI   AMATEUR RADIO

0747 AM     HAIL             SPOONER                 45.82N 91.89W
04/18/2004  1.00 INCH        WASHBURN           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0815 AM     HAIL             NORTHWOODS BEACH        45.91N 91.40W
04/18/2004  1.50 INCH        SAWYER             WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF BROKEN WINDOWS.

0822 AM     HAIL             6 E HAYWARD             46.01N 91.36W
04/18/2004  1.00 INCH        SAWYER             WI   AMATEUR RADIO

0825 AM     HAIL             10 E HAYWARD            46.01N 91.27W
04/18/2004  0.88 INCH        SAWYER             WI   AIRPLANE PILOT

0830 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W PEQUOT LAKES        46.60N 94.43W
04/18/2004                   SOUTHERN CASS      MN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0835 AM     TSTM WND GST     PEQUOT LAKES            46.60N 94.32W
04/18/2004  0 MPH            CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN FROM PEQUOT
            LAKES TO EMILY.

0912 AM     HAIL             PARK FALLS              45.93N 90.45W
04/18/2004  1.00 INCH        PRICE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0914 AM     HAIL             PARK FALLS              45.93N 90.45W
04/18/2004  1.75 INCH        PRICE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0955 AM     HAIL             9 NE FLOODWOOD          47.02N 92.78W
04/18/2004  0.88 INCH        SOUTHWEST ST. LOUI MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0955 AM     HAIL             ALBORN                  46.97N 92.58W
04/18/2004  0.88 INCH        SOUTHWEST ST. LOUI MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1037 AM     HAIL             30 N DULUTH             47.22N 92.12W
04/18/2004  2.00 INCH        EAST CENTRAL ST. L MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:43 PM CDT, 52 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
Apr 18, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	55 min
Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	58 min
Apr 18, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	27 min
Apr 18, 8:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	44 min
Apr 18, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	51 min
Apr 18, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca	33 min
Apr 18, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	28 min
Apr 18, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	38 min
Apr 18, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	42 min
Apr 18, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		54 min
Apr 18, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	62 min
Apr 18, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	62 min
Apr 18, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	39 min
Apr 18, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Pine	61 min
Apr 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	62 min
Apr 18, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		60 min
Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min
Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		89 min
Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		89 min
Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	52 min
Apr 18, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer	64 min
Apr 18, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Douglas, Washburn	53 min
Apr 18, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield	30 min
Apr 18, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer	32 min
Apr 18, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Douglas, Washburn	34 min
Apr 18, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Sawyer	55 min
Apr 18, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Washburn	27 min
Apr 18, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer	34 min
Apr 18, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Sawyer	48 min
Apr 18, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	35 min
Apr 18, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Burnett	64 min
Apr 18, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Washburn	67 min
Apr 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Sawyer	66 min
Apr 18, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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