Issued at 12:15 PM CDT, Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
-Doppler radar rainfall estimates for the past few days. A ton of rain in Northeast-Eastern Minnesota and far Northwest Wisconsin.
*Rainfall totals for the Saturday Night/Sunday Morning period; May 26-27, 2012*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
Northwest Wisconsin:
Oulu (Bayfield County) 1.25″
Clam Lake (Ashland County) 1.21″
10 N of Brule (Douglas County) 1.50″
5 S of Herbster (Bayfield County) 1.10″
10 S of Superior (Douglas County) 2.81″ measured at Pattison State Park
Northeast Minnesota:
3 N of Merrifield (Crow Wing County) 3.14″
Aitkin (Aitkin County) 1.22″
Leech Lake (Cass County) 1.35″
Pine Center (Crow Wing County) 1.61″
Hibbing (St. Louis County) 1.09″
Pillager (Cass County) 2.00″
7 NW of Brainerd (Crow Wing County) 3.08″
Wrenshall (Carlton County) 1.74″
3 N of Brainerd (Crow Wing County) 3.42″
2 NE of Nisswa (Crow Wing County) 2.26″
Twin Ports area:
Proctor (St. Louis County) 1.12″
Duluth (St. Louis County) 0.71″
-Rainfall map for Saturday-Sunday Morning.
*Rainfall totals for the Sunday/Monday Morning time period; May 27-28, 2012*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth, MN: 0.96″
International Falls, MN: 0.44″
Brainerd, MN: 1.12″
Hibbing, MN: 1.36″
4 S of Bruno, MN: 1.50″
7 NW of Brainerd, MN: 1.01″
Bruno, MN: 3.58″
12 N of Isle, MN: 1.03″
3 NE of Nisswa, MN: 1.35″
3 E of Wright, MN: 0.97″
12 N of Grand Rapids, MN: 1.30″
Cook, MN: 1.31″
3 E of Orr, MN: 1.84″
Floodwood, MN: 0.86″
Embarrass, MN: 0.87″
Solon Springs, WI: 1.35″
-Rainfall map for Sunday-Morning Morning.
*Local Storm Report for Sunday Evening; May 27, 2012*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
-6:38pm 5/27/12: 0.50″ HAIL. Siren, WI (Burnett County)
-6:54pm 5/27/12: 0.75″ HAIL. Webster, WI (Burnett County)
-6:45pm 5/27/12: 1.00″ HAIL. Siren, WI (Burnett County)
-8:03pm 5/27/12: 0.88″ HAIL. Hinckley, MN (Pine County)
-8.14pm 5/27/12: 55mph THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. 4 S of Grantsburg, WI (Burnett County)
-9:24pm 5/27/12: 0.50″ HAIL. Pine City, MN (Pine County)
-9am 5/27/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Leech Lake, MN (Cass County) Heavy amounts of pea sized hail.
-SPC’s storm reports map for Sunday, May 27, 2012.
*Heavy rainfall totals*
Trade Lake, WI (Burnett County) 4.50″ 3.00″ fell in 1 hour between 6-7pm Sunday.
2 SW of Hinckley, MN (Pine County) 4.10″
7 NE of Bruno, MN (Pine County) 3.58″
*Local Storm Report for Monday, May 28, 2012*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
-12:20pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. Ironton, MN (Crow Wing County)
-12:20pm 5/28/12: 0.88″ HAIL. Deerwood, MN (Crow Wing County)
-12:29pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. 1 SE of Aitkin, MN (Aitkin County)
-12:50pm 5/28/12: 1.75″ HAIL. Farm Island Lake, MN (Aitkin County) Golfball sized hail.
-12:33pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Tamarack, MN (Aitkin County) A 90 second period of pea sized hail.
-2:10pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. Sawyer, MN (Carlton County)
-2:10pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. 2 E of Sawyer, MN (Carlton County)
-2:10pm 5/28/12: 1.75″ HAIL. 1 S of Sawyer, MN (Carlton County) Golfball sized hail. A wall cloud was also reported.
-2:25pm 5/28/12: 1.75″ HAIL. 2 W of Carlton, MN (Carlton County) Golfball sized hail.
-2:25pm 5/28/12: 0.75″ HAIL. Cloquet, MN (Carlton County)
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. 6 SW of Cloquet, MN (Carlton County) The hail was shredding leaves on trees.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Proctor, MN (St. Louis County)
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. 1 S of Carlton, MN (Carlton County) Dime sized hail covering the ground.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) Piedmont, Chambersburg vicinity.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.75″ HAIL. Morgan Park, MN (St. Louis County) Golfball sized hail.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.50″ HAIL. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) At 104th ave. west.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. 2 SW of Proctor, MN (St. Louis County)
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) At 57th ave. west.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.75″ HAIL. Gary New Duluth (St. Louis County) Golfball sized hail. Damaged siding.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Superior, WI (Douglas County) At Billings Park.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.88″ HAIL. Superior, WI (Douglas County) At Billings Park.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.75″ HAIL. Superior, WI (Douglas County) Near UWS.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.50″ HAIL. South Superior, WI (Douglas County) Pea to marble sized hail.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) At 39th ave. west.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.75″ HAIL. Superior, WI (Douglas County) At U.S. Highway 2 and 39th.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: FLOOD. 3.00″ of water covering the road at 88th ave. west and Grand Ave. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County)
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 1.25″ HAIL. 2 SE of Port Wing, WI (Bayfield County) The ground was covered with hail.
-4:00pm 5/28/12: 1.00″ HAIL. 5 S of Herbster, WI (Bayfield County) The ground was completely white in several minutes with hail up to quarter sized.
-4:32pm 5/28/12: FLOOD. Willow River, MN (Pine County) Scotch Pine Road washed out for 1000 yards at Highway 41.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.50″ HAIL. Askov, MN (Pine County)
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) At Central and Mesabi.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Wascott, WI (Douglas County) Accumulating on ground at firehouse.
-2:34pm 5/28/12: 0.25″ HAIL. Bennett, WI (Douglas County)
-4:10pm 5/28/12: THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE. 5 S of Herbster, WI (Bayfield County) 75 foot tall, 2 foot diameter tree snapped near the base. Time estimated by radar.
-SPC’s storm reports map for Monday, May 28, 2012.
*Rainfall totals for Monday, May 28, 2012*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth, MN: 0.21″
Brainerd, MN: 0.23″
Ashland, WI: 0.32″
Hayward, WI: 0.18″
4 S of Bruno, MN: 0.84″
3 E of Wright, MN: 0.56″
Floodwood, MN: 0.38″
4 E of Island Lake, MN: 0.37″
2 S of Tower, MN: 0.55″
Upson, WI: 0.44″
4 W of Clam Lake, WI: 0.23″
-Rainfall map for Monday, May 28, 2012.
*The following are some radar grabs from the severe thunderstorm that hit portions of Duluth and Superior on Memorial Day*
Note, these storms developed around the Noon hour in Crow Wing and Aitkin Counties, Minnesota. They held together for a good 4 hours!
-VIL radar (vertically integrated liquid) a good tool to use to indicate where hail could be falling. Note the deeper colors over Western Carlton County at 1:30pm Monday.
-Moving ahead to 1:58pm Monday. Hail core getting closer to the Twin Ports.
-Zoomed in shot as the hail core bears down on the SW-S parts of Duluth, Minnesota. 2:26pm Monday.
-2:45pm Monday as numerous reports of small to large hail were being reported in Duluth and Superior.
-Here’s the traditional radar image from 2:45pm Monday. 2 real intense storms, one right over the Southern parts of Duluth, the other affecting Southern Carlton County, near Moose Lake, MN.
-A final radar image from 4:15pm Monday. Notice how this storm held together as it hugged the South Shore of Lake Superior and the coastline of Northwestern Wisconsin.
Tim
Canon PowerShot Black 12.1 Megapixel Digital Camera – 5251B001
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