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MN_Lindsey
07/04/2018 05:30PM
  
Fascinating read & radar animation from NOAA
 
Mocha
07/04/2018 06:48PM
  
it was definitely a mighty storm to experience and clean up after.
 
egknuti
07/04/2018 10:01PM
  
While I wasn’t in the BW when it hit I was on a morning run just south of Ely. The intensity was incredible. If my memory is correct, later that evening there was another storm that produced some incredible rain totals as well.
 
carmike
07/04/2018 09:36PM
  
Thank you for sharing!
 
treehorn
07/05/2018 08:52AM
  
Interesting read. Would be terrifying to be camping in something like that.
 
Canoearoo
07/05/2018 10:29AM
  
We went in a few days after the storm. We had to clear portages as we went.
 
Pinetree
07/05/2018 10:38AM
  
As usual the day before a big storm I remember it was very Hot in the BWCA. Lot of energy.
 
ForestDuff
07/05/2018 05:12PM
  
Lake Three, just about to toss the first cast when I notice the rod tips are buzzing like a mad horsefly. The other canoe has just arrived to join us. "Time to head back to camp boys."


"What?,Why?"
"Put your rod tips in the air."
"HOLY SHIAT!!! WTF IS THAT!!!!"
"That is our warning."


Just then we heard our first faint rumble in the distance and paddled 5 minutes back to camp. There we made sure everything was ready for a storm. Told the other guys I was riding it out down by the shoreline, and to watch out for trees.
"Yea........lightning."
"Nope.......getting squished."


I'll never forget those first few downbursts of wind. They were picking up Olympic pool sized sheets of water off of the surface of the lake and propelling it forward 50ft in the air. Pure power.
We had a few trees down around camp, one tent took a glancing blow.
But everything survived.
We were out fishing again a half hour after it passed, then the float planes started going by overhead and we knew that we were the lucky ones.
And yes, it poured all night from a second storm.
 
TomT
07/05/2018 04:56PM
  
I was at a campground for a week on Farm Lake in August that year. Me and my young son took a float plane ride and got to see the blow down from the air. I remember a female pilot who gave lots of good info about the storm. I didn't realize the devastation as this was before message boards. It literally looked like matchsticks all over the ground. It was incredible.