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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Duluth, MN

August 24, 2014Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2014, 5:32 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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: Aug 24, 2014, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing 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
Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 Aug 24, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
249 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-251030-
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-
249 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS AROUND THE PARK
POINT BEACH TODAY. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. CHECK THE
LATEST BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO. THE CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO INITIATE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A COLD
FRONT AND MOVE TO THE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. BE SURE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY IF OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WEST OF HIGHWAY 169 IN MINNESOTA...AND AROUND THE TWIN
PORTS AND INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BY EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-251030-
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-
249 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND THE HEAD OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFTS THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. CHECK THE LATEST NEAR SHORE
MARINE FORECAST FOR DETAILS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE THIS
EVENING...AND SPREAD TO THE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE AND INTO
CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

TENTINGER

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 24, 4:40 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 24, 4:48 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:15 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
515 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ034-242245-
CROW WING-
515 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF BRAINERD...

AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHEPHARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...HALF INCH DIAMETER
HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH LONG LAKE...    BRAINERD...           WOODROW...
  MERRIFIELD...         BAY LAKE...           DEERWOOD...
  RIVERTON...

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

LAT...LON 4627 9431 4647 9418 4648 9382 4635 9382
      4615 9403 4615 9432

TENTINGER

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	24 min
Aug 24, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	51 min
Aug 24, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca	40 min
Aug 24, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Itasca	55 min
Aug 24, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	60 min
Aug 24, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	40 min
Aug 24, 8:34 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr
Aug 24, 8:40 AM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	11 hr
Aug 24, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	37 min
Aug 24, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	43 min
Aug 24, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	33 min
Aug 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	30 min
Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	31 min
Aug 24, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	30 min
Aug 24, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	14 min
Aug 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	24 min
Aug 24, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	29 min
Aug 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	30 min
Aug 24, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	29 min
Aug 24, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	26 min
Aug 24, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	36 min
Aug 24, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	34 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.