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Small Craft Advisory 35, NWS Duluth, MN

August 16, 2012

NWS Duluth, MN issued this small craft advisory at Aug 16, 2012, 3:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2012, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2012, 9:19 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 15, 6:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:39 PM CDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
339 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-161200-
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-
339 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH 11 PM. READ
BELOW FOR DETAILS AS TO WHY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE NORTHLAND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
INTO AREAS FROM INTERNATIONAL FALLS...SOUTHWARD TO WALKER AND PINE
RIVER BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM...AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. SOME LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST RISK OF
ORGANIZED AND MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO THE
WEST OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM ELY... TO DULUTH... TO HINCKLEY BEFORE
9-10 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...EAST OF DULUTH AND THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AS
INSTABILITY DIMINISHES...BUT ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN
A POSSIBILITY ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...AND SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE
NORTHLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-161200-
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-
339 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE NEARSHORE
WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH 11 PM. READ BELOW FOR
DETAILS AS TO WHY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM EARLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT DUE TO A
COLD FRONT PASSAGE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN
THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND THE RESULTING WAVES IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT.

GROCHOCINSKI

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing40 min
Aug 15, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH27 min
Aug 15, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH13 min
Aug 15, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin24 min
Aug 15, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett30 min
Aug 15, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn28 min
Aug 16, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer24 min
Aug 16, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn28 min
Aug 16, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron44 min
Aug 16, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer31 min
Aug 16, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer31 min
Aug 16, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice32 min

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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.