3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 25, 5:38 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 638 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006 .UPDATE... SVR WATCH ISSUED FOR STORMS IN WI THAT HAVE BEEN GOOD HAIL PRODUCERS. GOLFBALL SIZE, AND LOTS OF IT, HAS BEEN BIGGEST. ALSO ISSUED WATCH FOR STORMS ENTERING THE NORTHLAND FROM THE WEST. THIS CORRIDER...OUR SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES FROM WALKER THROUGH DLH AND ALL OF NWRN WI IN AREA OF GREATEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. STORMS POSSIBLE ELSE...BUT NOT AS LIKELY TO BE SEVERE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 259 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006) DISCUSSION...CONCERN FOR SHORT TERM IS THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WED MORNING. CONCERN FOR LONG TERM IS THUNDERSTORM THREAT THROUGH WEEKEND. CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATE TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 80S WITH DEWPOINT RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 50S IN THE NORTH TO THE LOWER 70S IN PRICE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM IN SAWYER COUNTY...ANOTHER ONE NEAR SILVER BAY...AND ELEVATED PRECIP SW OF BRD. THE THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN AREAS OF CAPES OF 1500-2000 AND MOSITURE CONVERGENCE AS INDICATED ON THE RUC. THESE STORMS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE MAIN EVENT WILL COME TONIGHT WHEN THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BASED ON MOVEMENT AND CURRENT FEATURES...WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS FOR SOLUTION. CURRENTLY...THE TROUGH IS KICKING OFF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ND INTO NW MN. THIS AREA WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE TROUGH TONIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDING INDICATE CAPES AT LEAST 2000 AND GOOD LAPSE RATES TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. SPC HAS THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR TONIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TROUGH WILL ENTER THE WESTERN AREAS OF CWA AROUND 00Z TONIGHT...DLH AROUND 06Z...AND OUT OF NW WI BY 15Z. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIP LATE WED INTO THU MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH AREA THU AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE BUILDS A LITTLE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK GIVING THE AREA NW FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA GIVING THE AREA A POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPS STAY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IF DLH AVERAGES 75 FOR NEXT 7 DAYS...THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR AVERAGE TEMP WILL BE BROKEN. CURRENTLY...JULY 2006 IS SECOND ALL TIME. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. CLC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR SLIGHT RISK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 810 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006 LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-261230- 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- OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN-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- 810 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED AFTER 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON. STEWART
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
533 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HAIL PRENTICE 45.54N 90.29W
07/25/2006 E1.00 INCH PRICE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0528 PM HAIL PRENTICE 45.54N 90.29W
07/25/2006 E1.50 INCH PRICE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0529 PM HAIL PRENTICE 45.54N 90.29W
07/25/2006 E1.00 INCH PRICE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
542 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM HAIL 1 S WEBSTER 45.86N 92.36W
07/25/2006 E0.75 INCH BURNETT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0539 PM HAIL PRENTICE 45.54N 90.29W
07/25/2006 E1.75 INCH PRICE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
COVERING THE GROUND
&&
SCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
636 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 PM HAIL RADISSON 45.77N 91.22W
07/25/2006 E0.88 INCH SAWYER WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN...CORR TIME OF EVENT
636 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM HAIL RADISSON 45.77N 91.22W
07/25/2006 E0.88 INCH SAWYER WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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SCWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
641 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL RADISSON 45.77N 91.22W
07/25/2006 E0.88 INCH SAWYER WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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SCWThe Duluth radar (KDLH), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few eight inch diameter trees were blown down. More trees and an aluminum screen house was destroyed five miles northwest of Remer.
Twelve inch diameter trees were blown down.
Six to seven inch diameter trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2006
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: 5523180, 5523181, 5523182.