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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

July 29, 2012Cook County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT for Cook County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 29, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Cook County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 29, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

MNZ012-291930-
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...STORMS APPROACHING THE SEA GULL LAKES AREA...

AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

EXPECT STORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE BOUNDARY WATERS
CANOE AREA WILDERNESS THROUGH 500 PM. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE...AS WELL AS CONTAIN BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

TAKE COVER ON LAND UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DO NOT BE CAUGHT
ON A LAKE IN A THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4824 9082 4819 9082 4816 9076 4813 9077
      4810 9074 4811 9064 4814 9058 4811 9054
      4811 9020 4802 9021 4794 9093 4807 9131
      4819 9110 4822 9095 4826 9089

GRANING
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

MNZ012-021-292030-
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...STORMS INCREASING OVER THE BOUNDARY WATERS...

AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL
BORDER FROM KEKEKABIC LAKE...TO SEA GULL LAKE...AND ROSIE
LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECT THE AREAS OF...
  EAGLE MOUNTAIN...
  HOVLAND...
  GRAND MARAIS...

TAKE COVER ON LAND UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DO NOT BE CAUGHT
IN A SMALL BOAT OR CANOE IN A THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4816 9076 4810 9074 4811 9064 4814 9058
      4811 9054 4812 9014 4810 9003 4803 8998
      4801 8992 4801 8981 4781 8998 4769 9053
      4777 9093 4808 9129 4819 9080

GRANING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook42 min
Jul 29, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH37 min
Jul 29, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook17 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH18 min
Jul 29, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis30 min
Jul 29, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.