July 17th-18th, 2011 STORM REPORTS

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Issued at 3:48 PM CDT, Monday, July 18th, 2011

Local Storm Report:
Source:  NWS Duluth, Minnesota.

*6:50 AM CDT 7/18/11:  1.00″ HAIL.  3 miles east of Finland, MN (Lake County)

*6:50 PM CDT 7/17/11:  LIGHTNING.  Mercer, WI (Iron County)  Lightning hit a shed and started a fire on Fisher Lake Road in Mercer.

*7:15 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  1 mile northeast of Turtle Flambeau, WI (Iron County)  Some campers stranded on the flowage.  Their canoes or watercraft were blown away from the campsite.

*7:00 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Park Falls, WI (Price County)  Power poles blown down in addition to tree damage.

*7:45 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  8 miles northeast of Phillips, WI (Price County)  Tree limbs and power lines down in the Township of Emery.

*7:42 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Hayward, WI (Sawyer County)  Multiple reports of trees blown down and tree limbs bringing down power lines in and around Hayward.

*5:50 PM CDT 7/17/11:  LIGHTNING.  Solon Springs, WI (Douglas County)  Barnes:  Lightning hit a boat lift canopy and burned the boat.  Shortly after a house was hit and was on fire.

*7:10 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  1 mile east-southeast of Turtle Flambeau (Iron County)  Trees blown down near Fishermans Landing.  Dispatch also reports trees blown down in several other parts of the city.

*7:00 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Park Falls, WI (Price County)  60-70 mph winds.  12-14″ trees down on County Road E.

*6:55 PM CDT 7/17/11:  MARINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.  5 miles east-southeast of Duluth, MN.  35 mph.

*6:05 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Drummond, WI (Bayfield County)  Trees blown down around the Drummond area.

*6:45 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.  Glidden, WI (Ashland County)  44 mph.

*6:18 PM CDT 7/17/11:  0.75″ HAIL.  Mercer, WI (Iron County)

*5:50 PM CDT 7/17/11:  LIGHTNING.  Upper Eau Claire Lake (Bayfield County)  2 houses on fire due to lightning strikes.  One was on Lake Road.  The other one was on Robinson Lake Road.

*6:03 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Grand View, WI (Bayfield County)  Trees blown down near Highway 63 around the Grand View area.  Several other reports from Bayfield dispatch of trees blown down.

*5:48 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.  Hibbing, MN (St. Louis County)  45 mph

*4:16 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  1 mile north of Squaw Lake, MN (Itasca County)  Large tree across road.

*4:10 PM CDT 7/17/11:  THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.  Mizpah, MN (Koochiching County)  Tree branch down.

Tim

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