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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:30 AM Jun. 21, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA...AITKIN...SOUTHEASTERN CASS...NORTHERN PINE...SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS...CARLTON...CROW WING AND SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTIES... At 230 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of Cotton to near Tamarack to near Brainerd, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Mille Lacs Lake, McGregor, Tamarack, Mille Lacs Band East Lake Area, Fond Du Lac Band Brookston Area, Cromwell, Brookston, Canyon, Fond Du Lac Band Sawyer Area, Malmo, Cloquet, Saginaw, Fond Du Lac Band Cloquet Area, Island Lake, Boulder Lake, Hermantown, Mahtowa, Kettle River, Pike Lake Near Duluth, Duluth, Scanlon, Carlton, Barnum, Thomson, City of Rice Lake, Jay Cooke State Park, Proctor, Moose Lake, Wrenshall and Superior. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Flood Watch
Issued: 6:22 AM Jun. 21, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...In Minnesota, North Cass, Northern Aitkin, Cook, Lake, Carlton, St. Louis and Itasca Counties and Wisconsin, Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Fond du Lac Band, the Mille Lacs Band, Big Sandy Lake area, the Red Cliff Band, the Bad River Reservation, the northwestern area of the Lac du Flambeau Band, the Grand Portage Reservation and the Bois Forte Band, Deer Creek, Nett Lake and, Lake Vermilion areas. Other locations including Voyageurs National Park, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and Madeline Island. The entire Boundary Waters is also included. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water crossings may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A warm front will bring heavy rainfall which may lead to rapid runoff and flash flooding through early this morning. The heaviest rainfall potential will be across the Iron Range into portions of the North Shore. - Flood safety information can be found at www.weather.gov/safety/flood. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Portage and hiking trails may become slick and potentially impassable and ponding of water could inundate low-lying campsites across the Boundary Waters. &&
Extreme Heat Warning
Issued: 5:28 AM Jun. 21, 2025 – National Weather Service
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 101 expected. * WHERE...Northern Aitkin, North Cass, and South Itasca Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Mille Lacs Band, Big Sandy Lake area. * WHEN...From noon today to 9 PM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. &&
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 4:20 AM Jun. 21, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 449 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AITKIN CROW WING IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CASS ITASCA KOOCHICHING IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA CARLTON COOK LAKE ST. LOUIS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ASHLAND BAYFIELD DOUGLAS IRON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AITKIN, ASHLAND, BAYFIELD, BRAINERD, CASS LAKE, CASTLE DANGER, CLOQUET, DULUTH, EAST GULL LAKE, ESTERDY, GRAND MARAIS, GRAND RAPIDS, HURLEY, INTERNATIONAL FALLS, LAKE SHORE, PINE RIVER, SCHLEY, SILVER BAY, SUPERIOR, TWO HARBORS, WALKER, AND WASHBURN. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE FOND DU LAC BAND, SAWYER DISTRICT, THE NORTHWESTERN AREA OF THE LAC DU FLAMBEAU BAND, THE GRAND PORTAGE RESERVATION, THE FOND DU LAC BAND, BROOKSTON DISTRICT, THE FOND DU LAC BAND, CLOQUET DISTRICT, THE RED CLIFF BAND, THE BAD RIVER RESERVATION, THE MILLE LACS BAND, BIG SANDY LAKE AND, EAST LAKE AREAS AND THE BOIS FORTE BAND, NETT LAKE, , DEER CREEK AND, LAKE VERMILION AREAS.
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