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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Duluth, MN

August 7, 2010Bayfield County, Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2010, 10:04 PM CDT for Bayfield County, Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 7, 2010, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bayfield County, WI, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Aug 7, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 9:57 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:58 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 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
Aug 7, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	92 min
Aug 7, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	56 min
Aug 7, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	48 min
Aug 7, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing, Pine	61 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	39 min
Aug 7, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	38 min
Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	41 min
Aug 7, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	51 min
Aug 7, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	3 hr
Aug 7, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	16 min
Aug 7, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		87 min
Aug 8, 5:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Saint Louis	4 hr
Aug 8, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	44 min
Aug 7, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	43 min
Aug 7, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	55 min
Aug 7, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Sawyer	35 min
Aug 7, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Sawyer	48 min
Aug 7, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	32 min
Aug 7, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Sawyer	30 min
Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield	50 min
Aug 7, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Price, Sawyer	40 min
Aug 7, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Price, Sawyer	6 hr
Aug 7, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	37 min
Aug 8, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	42 min
Aug 8, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	77 min
Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	3 hr

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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.