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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

July 20, 2012

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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: Jul 20, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 20, 5:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 5:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:28 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:44 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:59 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
559 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

MNZ011-012-019>021-202315-
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN
LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-
559 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

...STRONG STORMS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
CROOKED LAKE TO SAWBILL LANDING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

AN UPGRADE TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SILVER ISLAND LAKE... HUDSON LAKE...
  DISAPPOINTMENT LAKE...                      CLEAR LAKE...
  PERENT LAKE...        ENSIGN LAKE...        THOMAS LAKE...
  KEKEKABIC LAKE...     KNIFE LAKE...         ALICE LAKE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4842 9245 4834 9245 4824 9233 4825 9229
      4835 9229 4836 9205 4827 9199 4821 9172
      4812 9168 4812 9156 4806 9156 4808 9128
      4819 9110 4825 9086 4754 9092 4761 9165
      4806 9273 4833 9287 4845 9269 4845 9250

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
613 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

MNZ011-012-019>021-202330-
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN
LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-
613 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

...STRONG STORMS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...

AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CROOKED LAKE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEKEKABIC LAKE...     KNIFE LAKE...         CHEROKEE LAKE...
  ALPINE LAKE...        LITTLE SAGANAGA LAKE...
  GABIMICHIGAMI LAKE... SEA GULL LAKE...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4834 9245 4824 9233 4825 9229 4835 9229
      4836 9205 4827 9199 4821 9172 4812 9168
      4812 9156 4806 9156 4808 9128 4819 9110
      4825 9084 4811 9075 4756 9082 4753 9089
      4759 9154 4800 9249 4834 9274 4841 9247

SENGENBERGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	41 min
Jul 20, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		41 min
Jul 20, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		47 min
Jul 20, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	40 min
Jul 20, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	53 min
Jul 20, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	47 min
Jul 20, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	34 min
Jul 20, 10:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	15 min
Jul 20, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	20 min
Jul 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	39 min
Jul 20, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	19 min
Jul 20, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	22 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	19 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	17 min
Jul 20, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	17 min
Jul 20, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		16 min
Jul 20, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		16 min
Jul 20, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.