4 thunderstorm wind, 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 5, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1050 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 .UPDATE...RE-SHAPED POP AND WEATHER GRIDS FOR CURRENT WEATHER TRENDS. ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WHERE SUNSHINE IS ABUNDANT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH LIFT FROM INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. WILL MONITOR FOR ISOLATED SEVERE ACTIVITY. MAIN THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL WITH WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRESENT. OTHERWISE...MORE WIDESPREAD STRONG STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR THIS EVENING. WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH AFTERNOON PACKAGE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 255 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006) DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE SW CWA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TRACKED NE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. CURRENT 88D IMAGERY AND SFC OBS SHOW THE SCATTERED STORMS EXTEND ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR FROM HIBBING...SOUTH TO THE TWIN PORTS AND HINCKLEY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FIRST THREE PERIODS OF FORECAST. TIMING OF SFC TROUGH AND THUNDERSTORMS SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK. THE THREAT FOR SEVERS STORMS CONTINUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MINNESOTA...THEN SHIFTS EAST INTO NC WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA. MSAS SFC PRESSURE ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE MOVEMENT OF SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE LAST 12 HRS. CURRENT POSITION OF TROUGH IS IN THE FAR NW CORNER OF MN...EXTENDING SW INTO CENTRAL SD. AS THE TROUGH SLOWLY PROGRESSES EAST THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WRN MN AND SPREAD EAST INTO THE DLH CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. APPROACHING SHORT WAVE COUPLED WITH DAYTIME SURFACE HEATING SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT TO OVERCOME THE THERMAL CAP BY EARLY AFTERNOON IN WRN CWA. MODELS INDICATE MCS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS DLH CWA WITH MEAN FLOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS LACKING WITH THE STRONGEST SHEAR FOUND TO THE SOUTH...WHERE THE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY GULF FLOW WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE TO THIS SYSTEM. THE NAM PW FIELDS REACH 1.5 IN ACROSS NRN MN THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 1.7 INCHES ACROSS NW WI AND INTO THE ARROWHEAD BY MIDNIGHT. THE TROPICAL MOISTURE ALONG WITH THE NOSE OF 925 LLJ...APPROACHING SHORT WAVE...AND MUCAPES OF AROUND 1000 J/KG SUGGESTS INGREDIENTS FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR EC MN AND NW WI ZONES OVERNIGHT. ATTM...THINKING THAT EVENING CONVECTION COULD TRANSITION INTO A HEAVY RAIN SCENARIO FOR THIS AREA DUE TO THE LACK OF STRONG SHEAR AND GOOD HIGH PCPN EFFICIENCY/RAINFALL RATES. THIS HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE DAY SHIFT. THE CENTRAL CONUS REMAINS IN A RING-OF-FIRE TYPE PATTERN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS PUTS THE NORTHERN PLAINS IN PRIME POSITION FOR FAST MOVING SHORT WAVES WITH MCS ACTIVITY. GFS/DGEX DO SHOW A STRONG SHORT WAVE AROUND THE RIDGE FOR THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH DGEX BRINGS SYSTEM FARTHER SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN MN. INTRODUCED SMALL POPS FOR NOW AS LAST TWO GFS RUNS BRING THE BULK OF THE ENERGY THROUGH NORTHERN MN AND WI. OTHERWISE...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOOKS TO COME SATURDAY IN FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MODELS SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WITH GOOD SOUTHERLY FETCH AND MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE MAIN COLD FRONT. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. LILES/BRANDT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 703 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-061215- 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- 703 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST OVER NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED STORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED IN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS FOR MUCH OF WISCONSIN TUESDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. BRANDT
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 84 between Pine River and Longville.
Five-inch diameter trees were blown down.
Two 10-inch diameter pine trees were blown down.
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, June 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: 5518406, 5518407, 5518408, 5518409.