A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Lake and western Cook counties for a line of storms that may bring winds in excess of 60 mph. Power outages have been reported in Biwabik in the wake of the storms.
Bulletin from the National Weather Service:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
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LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ENSIGN LAKE TO BUTTERFLY LAKE TO WHYTE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELY TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ELY TO 39 MILES SOUTH OF ELY...AND MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
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* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ISABELLA LAKE AND HUDSON LAKE BY 1150 PM...
KNIFE LAKE AND ALICE LAKE BY 1155 PM...
DUMBBELL LAKE AND FRASER LAKE BY MIDNIGHT...
SILVER ISLAND LAKE AND PERENT LAKE BY 1205 AM...
OGISHKEMUNCIE LAKE AND WINDY LAKE BY 1210 AM
THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA THROUGH 1230 AM...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
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IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
