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 11, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 .DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER IS MAIN FOCUS FOR TONIGHT LATEST RUC40 INDICATES A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LATEST RUC FORECASTS LI OF -7...WITH H85 THETA-E OVER 340K. THE 0-1KM VGP ALSO INDICATES DECENT POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING SUPERCELLS. THE RESULT SHOULD BE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE BORDER BY 12Z SUNDAY...LEAVING JUST A SMALL CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM FOR SUNDAY. OVERALL...IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY...BUT WITH MUGGY AIR AND BOUNDARIES STILL PRESENT - WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STORM. THE NEXT SYSTEM TAKES AIM ON THE NORTHLAND SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND CLOSES OFF INTO MIDWEEK. HAVE WENT WITH MID RANGE POPS...BUT MAY NEED TO BUMP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY WITH LATER FORECASTS. OTHER THAN THAT...IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY AFTER THE CLOSED LOW MOVES OUT ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRY THINGS OUT FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH BR EXPECTED AROUND 06Z. .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. DAP/GSF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 845 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-121230- ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-BURNETT-C. ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-IRON- KOOCHICHING-N. AITKIN-N. CASS-N. ITASCA-N. LAKE/N. COOK-N. ST. LOUIS- PINE-PRICE-S. AITKIN-S. CASS-S. COOK/LAKESHORE-S. ITASCA- S. LAKE/LAKESHORE-S. ST. LOUIS/CARLTON-SAWYER-WASHBURN- 845 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A BRAINERD...TO DULUTH...TO SILVER BAY LINE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AFTER 200 PM IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH STEWART/DAP
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado began in Chisago County and traveled into Pine County, crossing Highway 70. It traveled over rural areas, causing damage to trees. The tornado did not affect any structures.
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