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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
415 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
 

MNZ012-182145-
Northern Cook/Northern Lake MN-
415 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM CDT...

At 414 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness to 8 miles south of Little Saganaga Lake. Movement was
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Gunflint Lake, Little Saganaga Lake, Brule Lake, Cherokee Lake,
Poplar Lake, Wine Lake, Winchell Lake, North Lake, Sawbill Lake, Long
Island Lake, Alton Lake, Daniels Lake, and Phoebe Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

If on the water in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, get 
out of the water and seek shelter. Remember, lightning can strike 
out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear 
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to 
safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northeastern Minnesota.

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LAT...LON 4814 9080 4809 9075 4810 9064 4812 9058
      4812 9056 4810 9056 4811 9046 4809 9043
      4797 9048 4786 9096 4788 9107 4807 9099
      4816 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 242DEG 46KT 4803 9094 4792 9100 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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