Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
910 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

SFC FNT STRETCHES FROM LOW IN ERN SD TWD DLH. 925MB JET INTERSECTS
THE FNT WHERE TSTMS CONT TO FIRE IN W-C MN. THE 300 MB DVRGC FIELDS
LY ALONG THE FNT AS WELL. SO WE CAN EXPECT MILD TRAINING ALG THE FNT
INTO WRN LK SUPR AND EXTREME NWRN WI OVR NGT. OVR NRN MN WHERE
STRONG VORT CNTR IS, PCPN HAS BEEN DIMINISHING. IT COULD BE THAT
MSTR IS BEING ABDUCTED BY THE CNTRL MN CONVECTION. JUST THE SAME, A
FEW EPISODES OF MDT RAIN SHOW UP ON AWOS AND ASOS REPORTS. HOWEVER,
SRN DLH CWA S OF A LINE FROM BRD TO DLH TO ASX ARE STILL PRONE TO
REPEATED TSTMS. ANOTHER S/WV WILL SWING SEWD LATE TNGT AND MON MRNG
AND WILL ADD SOME ENERGY TO THE TSTMS AS IT ENTERS WI. KEY TO ENDING
PCPN IS THE DIV-Q FIELD. THE WRN PTN IN NWRN MN CORRESPONDS WELL
WITH THE CLEARING LINE. NO BIG CHANGES NEEDED ON ZONES EXCEPT TO
LOWER THE STRONG WORDING IN NRN MN. WELL KEEP THE FLOOD WATCH GOING
SINCE MUCH OF THE AREA HAS HAD LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS AND WATER REMAINS HIGH ON SOME STREAMS.

.DLH...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA TNGT AND MON.
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