Full Notification

SVRDLH The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Itasca County in north central Minnesota... Northeastern Aitkin County in east central Minnesota... Southern St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota... Northern Carlton County in northeastern Minnesota...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 602 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Hibbing to near Floodwood to near Big Sandy Lake, moving east at 70 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Floodwood, Meadowlands, and Fond Du Lac Band Brookston Area around 610 PM CDT. Cotton, Brookston, and Canyon around 615 PM CDT. Fond Du Lac Band Sawyer Area around 620 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Cloquet, Pike Lake Near Duluth, Saginaw, Boulder Lake, Island Lake, Whiteface Reservoir, Fond Du Lac Band Cloquet Area, Duluth, Hermantown, Scanlon, City of Rice Lake, Proctor and Wolf Lake.

* AFFECTED AREAS: AITKIN, MN ... CARLTON, MN ... ITASCA, MN ... ST. LOUIS, MN

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado, go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.