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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2011, 7:21 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2011, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Douglas County, WI
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 28, 6:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 232 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-291030- 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- 232 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PRICE COUNTY LATE SUNDAY OR SUNDAY EVENING. STORMS SHOULD INCREASE SOUTH OF A CASS LAKE TO TWIN PORTS TO IRON RIVER LINE SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND MONDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA. AREAS OF FOG MAY BECOME DENSE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. LSZ121-140>148-291030- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- 232 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR MONDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. AREAS OF FOG MAY BECOME DENSE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. TENTINGER MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 29 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 36 hr | |
| May 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron | 33 min |
| May 28, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 30 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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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.