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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Duluth, MN

October 3, 2005Bayfield County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2005, 9:20 PM CDT for Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
Oct 3, 2005, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bayfield County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 Oct 3, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 7:14 AM CDT, 14 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
714 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-041230-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
714 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
THE NORTHLAND. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF LINE ARCING FROM THE
BRAINERD LAKES AREA...TO TWO HARBORS...TO PHILLIPS WISCONSIN.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME
OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH
SOUTH OF A HINCKLEY...TO GORDON...TO CABLE...TO MERCER LINE.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND.

STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER LAKE SUPERIOR...ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND WILL CREATE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR
SMALL CRAFT.

COLD AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHLAND WEDNESDAY...AND SOME
SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

MELDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine34 min
Oct 3, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH31 min
Oct 3, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH44 min
Oct 3, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH42 min
Oct 3, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas29 min
Oct 3, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield32 min
Oct 4, 4:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHBayfield5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.