July 5, 2016, Northern Minnesota Bow Echo

Overview

A severe thunderstorm complex packing damaging straight-line winds swept across northern Minnesota on July 5, 2016, beginning in the afternoon and ending late in the evening. Damage from the severe thunderstorm winds were reported all along the path of the storm, but the hardest hit areas were Deer River in Itasca County and the Island Lake area just north of Duluth. A private weather station in Normana Township north of Duluth recorded a 71 mph wind gust.

Shelf cloud nearing the National Weather Service

Wind Damage
Shelf Photos
Radar
Storm Reports
Environment

Wind Damage:


Island Lake- Julie Packingham	Island Lake- Julie Packingham	Island Lake- Julie Packingham	Island Lake- Julie Packingham


Deer River- Ryan Jensen	Deer River- Ryan Jensen	Prairie Lake- Jim Edman	Deer River- Karl Gaalaas

Shelf Photos:


Duluth Shelf Cloud Photo Courtesy Kara Graves	Shelf cloud over Kenwood area, Duluth Photo Courtesy Cindy Brown-Hill	Island Lake Shelf cloud Photo Courtesy Julie Packingham	Grand Rapids Shelf cloud Photo Courtesy Jon Libbey

Radar:

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Storm Reports

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
951 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ENE SIX MILE LAKE     47.33N 94.06W 
07/05/2016                   CASS               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            LOTS OF TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 145 
            AND MILE MARKER 157. 

0525 PM     HAIL             7 NNW BALL CLUB         47.43N 93.97W 
07/05/2016  M0.88 INCH       ITASCA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            LARGEST HAIL WAS NICKEL SIZE. 2 MINUTE DURATION.

0528 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NNW BALL CLUB         47.43N 93.97W 
07/05/2016                   ITASCA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            COUPLE OF 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN. POWER OUT. 

0545 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E ZEMPLE              47.33N 93.76W 
07/05/2016  E70.00 MPH       ITASCA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. LOTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS 
            COUNTY ROADS IN AND NEAR DEER RIVER.

0545 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIGFORK                 47.75N 93.65W 
07/05/2016  E55.00 MPH       ITASCA             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            ESTIMATED 50-55 MPH WIND GUST.

0557 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N BIGFORK             47.78N 93.65W 
07/05/2016  M59.00 MPH       ITASCA             MN   MESONET         

            MESONET STATION EFFM5. 

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW GRAND RAPIDS      47.31N 93.55W 
07/05/2016                   ITASCA             MN   PUBLIC          

            PHOTOS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. LARGEST TREES 
            WERE 2 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0602 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S GRAND RAPIDS        47.20N 93.53W 
07/05/2016                   ITASCA             MN   PUBLIC          

            6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.


0656 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE TOIVOLA           47.16N 92.79W 
07/05/2016                   ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            14 TO 16 INCH DIAMETER MAPLE TREE SPLIT JUST ABOVE THE 
            TRUNK AND KNOCKED OVER. 

0738 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE FREDENBERG         47.03N 92.15W 
07/05/2016                   ST. LOUIS          MN   BROADCAST MEDIA 

            LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM 
            RADAR.

0745 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE RICE LAKE TWP      46.95N 92.03W 
07/05/2016  M71.00 MPH       ST. LOUIS          MN   AMATEUR RADIO   

            MEASURED BY PUBLIC WEATHER STATION.


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