1 wildfire, 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 12, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1100 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 .UPDATE...ZONES AND GRIDS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE THIS MORNING. HAVE RAISED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES FOR MOST PLACES WITH DECENT HEATING UNDER PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. HAVE ALSO TWEAKED CLOUDS...WITH SOME CLOUDS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CWA IN THE VICINITY OF A SHORTWAVE IN THE MANITOBA LAKES REGION. DEBRIS FROM MCS IN THE DAKOTAS GRADUALLY SPILLING OVER INTO MINNESOTA...AND SOME CU FORMING WEST OF THE CWA...WHICH COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA DUE TO SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. OTHER THAN THAT...EVERYTHING IN GOOD SHAPE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 304 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006) DISCUSSION...A LAKE SUPERIOR HIGH TODAY WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING WHILE A WEAK LOW MOVES ALONG THE BORDER LATE TONIGHT. MEANWHILE ALOFT...A BUILDING AND PROGRESSIVE RIDGE NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL HAVE A SHORT WAVE MOVING DOWN ITS FRONT SIDE AND OVER OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR AREA DURING THAT TIME. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MANITOBA LAKES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL CLEAR SKIES AS IT BUILDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ALOFT...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BE CROSSING THE DAKOTAS. THE RIDGE AXIS ALOFT WILL REACH MINNESOTA THURSDAY AND BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN IN A COMPLEX WAY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAKENING TROUGH WILL CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND A SLOW MOVING INVERTED TROUGH WILL REACH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A DRY FLOW OFF THE ROCKIES WILL CLEAR SKIES EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. DAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 707 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-131215- 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- 707 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR AND ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. EOM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Smoldering forest dry matter that was sparked by a lightning strike a week earlier flared into a major fire on the east bay of Big Spider Lake. The fire destroyed a boathouse, two sailboats and two trolling motors. An uninhabited cabin was heavily damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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