A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.
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The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.
The boy was part of a group that were sail boating. As the storm moved in, they boat beached the and rushed ashore. When hail began to fall, they began to return back to the boat. The lightning struck as they were heading back to the boat. The boy was in the water when the lightning stuck and was found face down. All the injured were in the water at the time of the strike.
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 Aug 18, 2:17 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 317 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM JUST NORTH OF GRAND FORKS TO NEAR ELY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH STEADILY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL ZONE AND ACCOMPANYING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF VERY STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND COLD TEMPS ALOFT. SHOWERS/STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING BETWEEN 6-9 PM AS DAYTIME INSTABILITY WEAKENS AND AIRMASS IS WORKED OVER. UNTIL THEN..THE STRONGEST CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PEA-DIME SIZE HAIL AND SOME LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER TO THE SOUTH OF DULUTH AND ACROSS NW WISCONSIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT..BUT HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD IN TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER SHOT OF COOL/DRY AIR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AS WEAK IMPULSES ROTATE SOUTHWARD ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN ONTARIO..THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE ARROWHEAD BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY..BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST AT THE MOMENT. OTHERWISE..COOL NIGHTS AND WARM/PARTLY CLOUDY TO SUNNY DAYS AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE SLOW TO MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST. HOWEVER RETURN SRLY FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DEPARTING RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN AND DRAW WARMTH AND MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE NEXT WEEK. A FAIRLY STRONG TROUGH FROM THE DAKOTAS IS PROGGED TO TRACK EWD ACROSS THE REGION AND TAP THIS INCREASING WARMTH AND MOISTURE...RESULTING IN A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE... A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKING SWD ACROSS THE NORTHLAND WILL PRODUCE SCTD SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS. THE CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY EARLY IN THE EVENING...ENDING AFTER SUNSET. SKIES WILL SCTR OUT OVERNIGHT...AND THEN SHOULD CLEAR OUT SUNDAY MORNING. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO MENTION IN TAFS. && .POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 46 71 47 73 / 50 10 0 10 INL 40 69 45 75 / 10 10 0 0 BRD 47 73 46 76 / 30 0 0 0 HYR 45 73 42 74 / 40 10 0 0 ASX 48 71 47 74 / 40 10 0 0 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MILLER LONG TERM....BERDES AVIATION...BERDES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1142 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-191030- 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- 1142 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND PERHAPS SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING...AND SHOULD END ALTOGETHER BY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-191030- 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- 1142 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...HOWEVER SOME SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD...AND AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MILLER MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-026-182200- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...ISABELLA... BIGFORK...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 5 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED STRONGER STORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL. SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY STORMS INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...HIBBING...ELY...ISABELLA...THE ARROWHEAD...VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND RAPIDS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. MNZ025-033>036-182200- NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE WALKER...CASS LAKE...BRAINERD LAKES...AITKIN...PINE RIVER...AITKIN AND HILL CITY AREAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. MNZ037-038-WIZ001-006-007-182200- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BURNETT-WASHBURN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY... SUPERIOR...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKE AND UPPER SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE THE TWIN PORTS...MOOSE LAKE...CLOQUET...SPOONER...SIREN...GRANTSBURG...PINE CITY...HINCKLEY AND WILLOW RIVER AREAS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. WIZ002>004-008-009-182200- BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...HAYWARD... PHILLIPS 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING. SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE ASHLAND...BAYFIELD...CORNUCOPIA...HAYWARD...WINTER...PHILLIPS...PARK FALLS...HURLEY AND GLIDDEN. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. MELDE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 450 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-026-182330- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...ISABELLA... BIGFORK...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 450 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA...ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ENDING RIGHT ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GRAND MARAIS...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...ELY...COOK...BIGFORK...GRAND RAPIDS...HIBBING...AND BABBITT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...AS WELL AS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. MNZ025-033>038-182330- NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY 450 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE THE TWIN PORTS...CLOQUET...CROMWELL...HILL CITY...AITKIN...THE BRAINERD LAKES...PINE RIVER...WALKER...HINCKLEY AND PINE CITY. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. WIZ001>004-006>009-182330- DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND... HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 450 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SUPERIOR...SPOONER...BAYFIELD...ASHLAND...HURLEY...SIREN...GRANTSBURG...SHELL LAKE...HAYWARD...WINTER...PHILLIPS...AND PARK FALLS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. MELDE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 453 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-026-182330- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...ISABELLA... BIGFORK...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND RAPIDS 453 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA...ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ENDING RIGHT ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GRAND MARAIS...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...ELY...COOK...BIGFORK...GRAND RAPIDS...HIBBING...AND BABBITT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...AS WELL AS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. MNZ025-033>038-182330- NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN- SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALKER...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY 453 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE THE TWIN PORTS...CLOQUET...CROMWELL...HILL CITY...AITKIN...THE BRAINERD LAKES...PINE RIVER...WALKER...HINCKLEY AND PINE CITY. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. WIZ001>004-006>009-182330- DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...ASHLAND... HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 453 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SUPERIOR...SPOONER...BAYFIELD...ASHLAND...HURLEY...SIREN...GRANTSBURG ...SHELL LAKE...HAYWARD...WINTER...PHILLIPS...AND PARK FALLS. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. MELDE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
508 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
MNZ025-026-034>038-WIZ001-002-182300-
BAYFIELD-CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-NORTH
CASS-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-SOUTH ITASCA-
508 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHLAND...
AT 502 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
REMER TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOWAN TO OULU...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THIS
GUST FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND
WHICH MAY CAUSE MORE GUSTY WINDS.
* THE WINDS WILL REACH...
SCANLON AND NEW DULUTH BY 515 PM...
FOND DU LAC AND WENTWORTH BY 520 PM...
SOUTH RANGE AND THOMSON BY 525 PM...
SWATARA AND SAWYER BY 530 PM...
WRENSHALL AND LIBBY BY 535 PM...
SCOTTS CORNER AND LAKE NEBAGAMON BY 540 PM...
WRIGHT AND HAWTHORNE BY 545 PM...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.
LAT...LON 4714 9390 4687 9272 4679 9207 4673 9204
4669 9196 4670 9182 4674 9170 4668 9129
4625 9153 4644 9294 4670 9412
MELDESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
529 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
MNZ037-WIZ001-182300-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
529 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUPERIOR...
AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUPERIOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. IS THIS STORMS STRENGTHENS MORE...A WARNING FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WOULD BE NEEDED.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SUPERIOR THROUGH 535 PM...
SOUTH RANGE BY 540 PM...
WENTWORTH BY 550 PM...
POPLAR BY 555 PM...
HAWTHORNE AND MAPLE BY 600 PM...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4646 9192 4669 9216 4675 9205 4669 9196
4670 9194 4670 9186 4659 9169
MELDEThe Duluth radar (KDLH), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, St. Louis | 2012-08-18 | 9 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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