Hail, Sawyer
- When
- June 10, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County, 5 mi S of Hayward
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.948, -91.480
Scattered thunderstorms formed along a convergence boundary due to the lake breeze across northwest Wisconsin on June 10th. One of these thunderstorms became severe near the Hayward area.
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The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms formed along a convergence boundary due to the lake breeze across northwest Wisconsin on June 10th. One of these thunderstorms became severe near the Hayward area.
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 10, 1:37 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 237 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 .DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL DEFINED LAKE BREEZE FRONT WITH INSTABILITY CU SEE ON VIS SAT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS LARGE CIN AND A LACK OF LARGE SCALE LIFT...KEEP 20-30 SCT POPS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT DUE TO STRONG WAA PATTERN AND NOSE OF 30-40 KT LLJ PUSHING INTO NW MN. BY MIDNIGHT STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND THETA-E ADVCTN SHIFTS E INTO THE WRN PORTION OF THE DLH CWA. THIS INCREASING MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY AND LIFT...SO A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE /W OF INL TO BRD/...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS MAIN THREATS. A THERMAL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST OVERNIGHT...WITH INCREASING THICKNESS AND THETA-E ADVCTN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH MAX TEMPS GENERALLY REACHING THE 80S...AND POSSIBLY 90 IN A FEW LOCALES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE A 10-15 KT LAKE BREEZE WILL KEEP TEMPS IN THE 60-70 RANGE ALONG THE LAKESHORE OF WRN LS. A VORT MAX WILL MOVE INTO NW MN MON AFTRN...BRINGING MODEST PVA AND OMEGA TO TRIGGER SOME TSTMS THROUGH THE LATE AFTRN/EVENING HOURS. THE THE STRONGEST LIFT AND BEST MOISTURE /DEW PTS IN THE 70/ WILL BE FOUND IN THE NW PORTION OF THE FA...WITH SCT TSTMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FA MONDAY NIGHT. ATTN TURNS TO MAIN BAROCLINIC ZONE AND DEEPENING LOW THAT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE DAKOTAS MID WEEK...SLOWLY APPROACHING THE NORTHLAND WED/THU. MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM DUE TO THE STRONG OMEGA-BLOCK THAT TAKES HOLD OF CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH THE EXTENDED FCST. THE NAM IS THE FASTER OF THE MODELS...WENT CLOSER TO GFS/ECMWF FOR TIMING OF FRONT AND BETTER TSTM ACTIVITY FOR THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION...AFTERNOON CUMULUS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE AT SUNSET. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR OVERNIGHT. && POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 55 77 60 78 / 20 20 20 20 INL 59 85 62 86 / 30 30 20 20 BRD 63 88 66 87 / 30 20 20 20 HYR 57 88 61 85 / 20 20 20 10 ASX 57 83 59 84 / 20 20 20 10 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. GRANING/CLC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 317 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 LSZ121-140>148-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-112030- 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- 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- 317 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT THEY WILL CONTAIN LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE THERE ARE SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE ON TUESDAY...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CRANE LAKE...TO AITKIN MINNESOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. CLC
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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