7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 27, 1:47 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 247 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 .DISCUSSION...WILL BE BRIEF WITH SEVERE TSRA ALREADY UNDERWAY. SFC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FA WITH SEVERE TSRA DEVELOPING RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT. THIS IS ALSO IN THE THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WHERE BEST INSTABILITY IS LOCATED. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FA THIS EVENING AND SHOULD EXIT THE WI FA AROUND MIDNIGHT. TSRA WILL OVERSPREAD THE FA THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH FROM W TO E OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT STALLS OUT NEAR THE SE CORNER OF THE WI FA...AND WILL LEAVE A SMALL POP THERE. A SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE FA BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY AND LASTS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. NEXT ROUND OF TSRA ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE TOWARD THE FA. .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HAVE IFR-MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...CEILINGS WILL BE IFR-MVFR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. GSF/KFM/STEWART
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 835 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-281230- 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- 835 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ...A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS EACH DAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH EOM/GSF
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 192 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down near Pike Lake along Shady Knoll Road.
Large trees and power lines were blown down on State Highway 13. Also, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell.
Several large trees were blown down.
Eight to 10 inch diameter trees were snapped.
Power lines were blown down.
Trees were blown down onto State Highway 13.
Trees were blown down.
Lightning caused a house to catch fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5459103, 5459104, 5459105, 5459106, 5459107, 5459172, 5459173, 5459174, 5459175, 5459176.