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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Duluth, MN

August 2, 2015Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2015, 4:46 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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 2, 2015, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI

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NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 3:56 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:56 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:58 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
302 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

MNZ012-019-020815-
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
302 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ST.
LOUIS...NORTHERN LAKE AND WESTERN COOK COUNTIES...

AT 301 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR SNOWBANK LAKE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIRCH LAKE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ISABELLA...SNOWBANK LAKE...FOREST CENTER...LAKE THREE...SAWBILL
LANDING...HUDSON LAKE...BALD EAGLE LAKE...ISABELLA LAKE...PERENT
LAKE...BUTTERFLY LAKE...GABBRO LAKE AND LAKE TWO.

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.

LAT...LON 4785 9100 4751 9142 4772 9180 4799 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 303DEG 37KT 4793 9139 4771 9171

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:01 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
401 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

MNZ036-038-020930-
SOUTH AITKIN-PINE-
401 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN AITKIN AND WEST
CENTRAL PINE COUNTIES...

AT 400 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MCGRATH...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...DIME SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HINCKLEY...SANDSTONE...ASKOV...RUTLEDGE...MCGRATH...GRINDSTONE LAKE
PINE COUNTY...CLOVERDALE AND FRIESLAND.

THIS INCLUDES GRAND CASINO HINCKLEY.

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4605 9306 4616 9306 4616 9334 4630 9327
      4622 9265 4596 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 286DEG 32KT 4620 9321

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:03 AM CDT, 43 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 2, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	21 min
Aug 2, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	24 min
Aug 2, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	16 min
Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	12 min
Aug 2, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	29 min
Aug 2, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	11 min
Aug 2, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		14 min
Aug 2, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	28 min
Aug 2, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	24 min
Aug 2, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	33 min
Aug 2, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	30 min
Aug 2, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	30 min
Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	13 min
Aug 2, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	13 min
Aug 2, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	29 min
Aug 2, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		40 min
Aug 2, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	29 min
Aug 2, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	27 min
Aug 2, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	29 min
Aug 2, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	13 min
Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	16 min
Aug 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	15 min
Aug 2, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	36 min
Aug 2, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn	49 min
Aug 2, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	36 min
Aug 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	25 min
Aug 2, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	45 min
Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	34 min
Aug 2, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	29 min
Aug 2, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	32 min
Aug 2, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	15 min
Aug 2, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Price	23 min
Aug 2, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	25 min
Aug 2, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Douglas, Washburn	28 min
Aug 2, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn	37 min
Aug 2, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Price, Sawyer	42 min
Aug 2, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	14 min
Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	48 min
Aug 2, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	10 min
Aug 2, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland	27 min
Aug 2, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	31 min
Aug 2, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	23 min
Aug 2, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	35 min
Aug 2, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	14 min
Aug 2, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	26 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.