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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Duluth, MN

May 28, 2011Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT for Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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: May 28, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

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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
May 28, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 May 28, 2:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:22 AM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 1:46 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 1:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 2:04 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
219 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

MNZ010-281945-
KOOCHICHING-
219 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF LITTLEFORK...

AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFORK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF LITTLEFORK.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WEAK ROTATION OR BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS...UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PELLAND...            RAY...                ERICKSBURG...
  INTERNATIONAL FALLS...                      RANIER...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4863 9313 4864 9312 4863 9310 4824 9310
      4816 9351 4837 9377 4853 9359 4855 9348
      4859 9348 4861 9345 4865 9328

LAMERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	30 min
May 28, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	48 min
May 28, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	39 min
May 28, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	32 min
May 28, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	24 min
May 28, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	36 min
May 28, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	33 min
May 28, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	29 min
May 28, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min
May 28, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	36 min
May 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	26 min
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	44 min
May 28, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		20 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Lake	45 min
May 28, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		55 min
May 28, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	37 min
May 28, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake	19 min
May 28, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	23 min
May 28, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		59 min
May 28, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	47 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake	25 min
May 28, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		46 min
May 28, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	37 min
May 28, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	39 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	51 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		61 min
May 28, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	42 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	35 min
May 28, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	23 min
May 28, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	20 min

Nearby

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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.