/Issued 6:15 PM CDT, Thursday, July 12, 2018/
Summer of 2018 will be remembered as the summer that produced multiple flood events in the Northland, and we’re only going into mid July! Still lots of summer left.
Source: http://weather.cod.edu
One-minute Goes16 visible satellite loop from 3:54 PM to 5:35 PM, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Watch thunderstorms explode late this afternoon over southern and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, cloud tops of 50,000 to nearly 60,000 feet with these storms!
Source: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com
12z GEFS model (7.12.2018)
500mb height anomaly forecast valid through July 28, 2018 — Will start with a westerly flow aloft but transition to more of a northwest flow aloft across the upper Midwest by next week and beyond, this will likely lead to temperatures that are near or below average from mid to late month. Core of the heat will be over the southwest U.S. as persistent ridging continues in that area through at least the next two weeks.
Northland Storm Reports for July 12, 2018
Source: https://www.weather.gov/dlh/
2:14 PM: Heavy Rain — 3.05 inch. Stone Lake, WI (Washburn County)
12:30 PM: Heavy Rain — 4.50 inch. 3 SW Pine River, MN (Cass County) Reported in Walden Township.
11:10 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.04 inch. 2 SW Hinckley, MN (Pine County)
10:40 AM: Heavy Rain — 1.96 inch. 1 N Lake Shore, MN (Cass County)
10:26 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.20 inch. 2 SW Hinckley, MN (Pine County)
10:24 AM: Flash Flood — Rock Creek, MN (Pine County) Water over roads in Rock Creek area.
10:21 AM: Heavy Rain — 3.75 inch. Grand Rapids, MN (Itasca County)
10:17 AM: Flash Flood — Henriette, MN (Pine County) Homes are flooded in the Henriette city limits. Many roads are water-covered in the Henriette and Brook Park areas.
10:12 AM: Heavy Rain — 2.60 inch. 7 SE Grand Rapids, MN (Itasca County)
9:59 AM: Heavy Rain — 1.51 inch. 2 N Floodwood, MN (St. Louis County)
9:24 AM: Heavy Rain — 3.96 inch. 6 SW Finlayson, MN (Pine County)
9:22 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.50 inch. 5 N Grantsburg, WI (Burnett County)
9:15 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.50 inch. 10 E Pine City, MN (Pine County)
9:00 AM: Heavy Rain — 5.50 inch. Pine City, MN (Pine County) The rain gauge overflowed at 5.5 inches, so more could have fallen but went unmeasured.
8:41 AM: Heavy Rain — 1.56 inch. Swan River, MN (Itasca County)
8:39 AM: Heavy Rain — 2.60 inch. 3 SSW Bruno, MN (Pine County)
8:36 AM: Heavy Rain — 1.83 inch. 2 E Celina, MN (St. Louis County)
8:35 AM: Heavy Rain — 2.90 inch. Kettle River, MN (Carlton County)
8:30 AM: Flash Flood — McGrath, MN (Aitkin County) Water over roads from Hill City to McGrath. Some small side roads washed out. Water over Highway 18 in southern Aitkin County.
8:20 AM: Heavy Rain — 5.00 inch. 5 NW Tower, MN (St. Louis County)
8:09 AM: Heavy Rain — 2.13 inch. 3 NE Nisswa, MN (Crow Wing County)
7:53 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.86 inch. 1 SE Malmo, MN (Aitkin County)
6:45 AM: Heavy Rain — 4.90 inch. 6 WNW McGrath, MN (Aitkin County)
5:26 AM: Lightning — 2 W Duluth, MN (St. Louis County) It is believed lightning struck a church in the Piedmont neighborhood of Duluth which started a fire in the roof, causing damage to the roof and cupola.
5:25 AM: Heavy Rain — 2.31 inch. 1 E Ironton, MN (Crow Wing County)
2:45 AM: Flash Flood — Pequot Lakes, MN (Crow Wing County) Several streets under water in Pequot Lakes.
2:38 AM: Hail — 0.25 inch. Pequot Lakes, MN (Crow Wing County)
2:11 AM: Flash Flood — Hill City, MN (Aitkin County) Significant flooding reported at the Intersection of State Highway 200 and Highway 169 in Hill City.
1:45 AM: Flash Flood — 5 ENE Cook, MN (St. Louis County) Beatty road washed out.
Additional Rainfall Reports for July 11-12, 2018
Source: https://www.weather.gov/dlh/
Cook, MN: 4.92 inch
2 S Tower, MN: 3.09 inch
3 E Orr, MN: 2.65 inch
4 S Bruno, MN: 2.60 inch
3 E Wright, MN: 1.65 inch
Brainerd, MN: 1.56 inch
Cass Lake, MN: 1.15 inch
International Falls, MN: 0.92 inch
Babbitt, MN: 0.90 inch
Grand Marais, MN: 0.63 inch
Duluth, MN: 0.40 inch
25 E Ely, MN: 0.34 inch
Hibbing, MN: 0.31 inch
Winter, WI: 0.27 inch
4 W Clam Lake, WI: 0.24 inch
Ashland, WI: 0.21 inch
Hayward, WI: 0.20 inch
Note: 5th wettest July 11 on record at International Falls, Minnesota with 0.92 inches of rain on Wednesday. The wettest July 11 on record is 2.04 inches set in 2008.
Note: 4th warmest low temperature on record for July 11 at Brainerd, Minnesota. Low on Wednesday was 69 degrees. Warmest low on record for July 11 is 74 degrees set in 1936.
Weather Synopsis
A wild early morning in parts of the area as strong to severe thunderstorms moved south/east bringing torrential rainfall rates which led to flash flooding — The hardest hit area, well two areas actually…The first was over a portion of far northern Minnesota around the Cook area, the other more widespread area impacted southwest portions of the Northland around the Brainerd Lakes to Aitkin, Hinckley, Mille Lacs Lake and Mora areas. Rainfall totals of 2 to around 5 inches fell in a short period of time which led to flash flooding. Thunderstorms earlier today also produced tremendous amounts of lightning, with at least one lightning strike starting a church on fire just after 5 AM today in the Piedmont neighborhood of Duluth.
Late this afternoon finds a cold front draped from southern Minnesota to north central Wisconsin with severe thunderstorms firing up near this boundary as of 5 PM. Farther north in our area skies which were overcast earlier in the day turned partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. Highs today ranging from around 80 to the middle 80s with dew points in the lower 70s in northwest Wisconsin with 50s in parts of northern Minnesota.
Partly to mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a risk for a few showers or thunderstorms mainly in southern portions of the Northland. Lows will be in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Friday and Saturday look mainly dry in our area with some sun expected both days. Highs in the 80s, with dew points in the mid 50s to mid 60s, so still a touch muggy but not terribly muggy.
High pressure moves east out of the northern Plains tonight, passes over the upper Midwest Friday before moving off to the south/east on Saturday. Behind this high will be the next cold front which is set to move through the area late this weekend with isolated to scattered coverage of showers and thunderstorms possible on Sunday the way it looks now.
Forecast for Duluth and Superior
.Tonight… Partly cloudy. Low 62 to 67. Wind west at 5 to 15 mph.
.Friday… Partly cloudy. High 82 to 87. Wind west at 10 to 15 mph.
.Saturday… Partly cloudy. High 82 to 87. Wind southwest at 10 to 15 mph.
Normal Temperatures for July 13
High: 77
Low: 56
Sunrise Friday: 5:28 AM CDT
Sunset Friday: 9:01 PM CDT
Tim
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