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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

July 30, 2015Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2015, 12:21 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2015, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2015, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

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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 30, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 10:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1008 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2015

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-311515-
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-
1008 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF US HWY 2 IN MINNESOTA
AND EAST OF US HWY 53 IN WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40
MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD
REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL CHANCES FOR
A PASSING THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-311515-
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-
1008 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS TO 35 KT AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

HUYCK

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, Jul 30, 12:21 PM CDT, 0 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
Jul 29, 7:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		15 hr
Jul 30, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		14 min
Jul 30, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	16 min
Jul 30, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	16 min
Jul 30, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	36 min
Jul 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	16 min
Jul 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	28 min
Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	16 min
Jul 30, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	12 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	23 min
Jul 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	20 min
Jul 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	13 min
Jul 30, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	35 min
Jul 30, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	15 min
Jul 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.