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rdgbwca
07/13/2020 01:59PM
 
Hi WhiteWolf,


I took one of these midlands on my trip out of Little Indian Sioux North, EP14. I turned it on maybe 3 times. All I heard was weather for the Brainerd area.


Does the Brainerd area apply to the Ely side of the bwca?



 
WhiteWolf
07/13/2020 12:20PM
 
For mostly N.MN west of the BWCAW but some signs pointing they may make it into W BWCA before weakening.
Enhanced risk

Thunderstorm outlook. Red is high, scroll through time selections upper left

If I were in W. regions of BW I would have weather radio on the ready for later today.
 
WhiteWolf
07/13/2020 03:39PM
 
No clue on that. A person N of EP 14 should be well North of getting any signal from Brainerd and should only get ELY,Crane Lake or maybe IFalls transmitters. Only thing I can think of is maybe Ely area wx radio was down for maintenance and being replaced for a time by Brainerd? But even that makes little sense in that Brainerd is not a good indicator of wx in the Ely area, why not IFalls?

 
Jaywalker
07/13/2020 05:30PM
 
FYI - there is another thread where the topic of coverage areas for weather radios is currently being discussed. I’m trying to figure it out too. Weather radio coverage areas
 
Soledad
07/13/2020 11:16PM
 
It is going to be a rough couple of hours for anyone trying to hold down a tent tonight. Hope everyone is ok.

 
rdgbwca
07/13/2020 08:02PM
 
Jaywalker: "FYI - there is another thread where the topic of coverage areas for weather radios is currently being discussed. I’m trying to figure it out too. Weather radio coverage areas "


Thanks for the link
 
WhiteWolf
07/13/2020 11:20PM
 
Yep. Severe cell moving into W side of BWCA.


Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1118 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020


MNC075-137-140430-
/O.CON.KDLH.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-200714T0430Z/
St. Louis MN-Lake MN-
1118 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS AND NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTIES...


At 1118 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, to near Fall
Lake, to near Birch Lake, to 9 miles southwest of White Iron Lake, to
near Babbitt, moving east at 45 mph.


HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.


SOURCE...Radar indicated.


IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.


Locations impacted include...
Ely, Babbitt, Winton, Basswood Lake, Fall Lake, Birch Lake, White
Iron Lake, Snowbank Lake, southern Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness, Forest Center, Ensign Lake, Kekekabic Lake, Bald Eagle
Lake, Gabbro Lake, Alice Lake, Ojibway Lake, Farm Lake, Bear Island
Lake, Disappointment Lake, and Greenstone Lake.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building