In the Pacific Northwest into northern California, areas of heavy rain for the coastal ranges and heavy snowfall over the higher elevations of the Cascades are expected into Friday. Dry and windy conditions may produce elevated fire weather conditions in the central and southern High Plains and the Upper Midwest. Windy conditions and scattered rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast. Read More >
Overview
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A severe thunderstorm complex packing damaging straight-line winds swept across northern Minnesota on July 5, 2016, beginning in the afternoon and ending late in the evening. Damage from the severe thunderstorm winds were reported all along the path of the storm, but the hardest hit areas were Deer River in Itasca County and the Island Lake area just north of Duluth. A private weather station in Normana Township north of Duluth recorded a 71 mph wind gust. |
 Shelf cloud nearing the National Weather Service |
Wind Damage:
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| Island Lake- Julie Packingham | Island Lake- Julie Packingham | Island Lake- Julie Packingham | Island Lake- Julie Packingham |
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| Deer River- Ryan Jensen | Deer River- Ryan Jensen | Prairie Lake- Jim Edman | Deer River- Karl Gaalaas |
Shelf Photos:
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| Duluth Shelf Cloud Photo Courtesy Kara Graves |
Shelf cloud over Kenwood area, Duluth Photo Courtesy Cindy Brown-Hill |
Island Lake Shelf cloud Photo Courtesy Julie Packingham |
Grand Rapids Shelf cloud Photo Courtesy Jon Libbey |
Radar:
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| Radar animation from about 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm Frame every 10 minutes Click for larger image |
Storm Reports
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
951 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE SIX MILE LAKE 47.33N 94.06W
07/05/2016 CASS MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOTS OF TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 145
AND MILE MARKER 157.
0525 PM HAIL 7 NNW BALL CLUB 47.43N 93.97W
07/05/2016 M0.88 INCH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGEST HAIL WAS NICKEL SIZE. 2 MINUTE DURATION.
0528 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NNW BALL CLUB 47.43N 93.97W
07/05/2016 ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
COUPLE OF 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN. POWER OUT.
0545 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E ZEMPLE 47.33N 93.76W
07/05/2016 E70.00 MPH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. LOTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY ROADS IN AND NEAR DEER RIVER.
0545 PM TSTM WND GST BIGFORK 47.75N 93.65W
07/05/2016 E55.00 MPH ITASCA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 50-55 MPH WIND GUST.
0557 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N BIGFORK 47.78N 93.65W
07/05/2016 M59.00 MPH ITASCA MN MESONET
MESONET STATION EFFM5.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNW GRAND RAPIDS 47.31N 93.55W
07/05/2016 ITASCA MN PUBLIC
PHOTOS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. LARGEST TREES
WERE 2 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0602 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S GRAND RAPIDS 47.20N 93.53W
07/05/2016 ITASCA MN PUBLIC
6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0656 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE TOIVOLA 47.16N 92.79W
07/05/2016 ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
14 TO 16 INCH DIAMETER MAPLE TREE SPLIT JUST ABOVE THE
TRUNK AND KNOCKED OVER.
0738 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE FREDENBERG 47.03N 92.15W
07/05/2016 ST. LOUIS MN BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0745 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE RICE LAKE TWP 46.95N 92.03W
07/05/2016 M71.00 MPH ST. LOUIS MN AMATEUR RADIO
MEASURED BY PUBLIC WEATHER STATION.
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