1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:40 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 240 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 FORECAST FOCUS IS ON TSRA CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD. ETA AND NGM ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT...WITH THE AVN THE ODD MAN OUT. WILL FOLLOW THE ETA AS IT MATCHES BEST WITH THE SFC FEATURES AT INITIALIZATION. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS CLOUD DECK BREAKING UP ACROSS THE CWFA. THE LONE EXCEPTION IS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE PERSISTING DUE TO LAKE BREEZE. THIS IS CONFIRMED BY SFC OBS AND AT THE OFFICE. SFC WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM NW MN...NORTH OF MZH...AND THEN ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LS AT 19Z. SFC WARM FRONT PROGGED TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE CWFA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE MARINE LAYER MAY RETARD THIS SOMEWHAT AND PROTECT THE NORTH SHORE FROM SIGNIFICANT TSRA ACTIVITY. MAIN SFC LOW TO REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA AREA WITH A SECONDARY...WEAK LOW SPINNING UP IN NORTH CENTRAL MN LATE. THIS WILL HELP TO FOCUS AREAS OF LIFT ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL CONNECT THESE TWO LOWS. TSRA INDEED LIKELY FOR TONIGHT. FFG VALUES NOT EXPECTED TO BE REACHED ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. UPPER LEVEL LOW JOINS TOGETHER WITH SFC LOW THURSDAY AND BEGIN TO LIFT NNE. SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MN CWFA AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CENTER OF TSRA DEVELOPMENT. UPPER AND SFC LOWS LIFT INTO WEST CENTRAL MN BY FRIDAY MORNING AT 12Z. THIS WILL ALLOW A DRY SLOT TO WORK ITS WAY ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE CWFA. MAY SEE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL CARRY HIGH POPS THURSDAY AND TREND THEM DOWN A BIT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THE LOWS LIFT NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER ON FRIDAY...TSRA WILL AGAIN BE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF THE SFC LOW. HIGHER POPS IN THE WEST ALONG THE SYSTEMS PATH...WITH LOWER POPS FURTHER EAST. MAV TEMPS TOO COOL AND WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS FWC AND ETA 2M TEMPS. COORD WITH MPX AND FGF. .DLH...NONE. GSF
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:07 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado tore roofs off houses and blew out exterior walls. Pole barns and sheds were destroyed, and windows were blown out. Thousands of trees were knocked down, and 41 head of livestock were killed. The average path width was 1/4 mile, with the widest being 1/2 mile.
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