753 NOUS43 KDLH 081807 PNSDLH MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-090015- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Duluth MN 107 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/30/2026 TORNADO - Update 1... .UPDATE... The track was finalized using drone imagery courtesy St Louis County Emergency Management. The length and rating/peak wind has not changed but there was a minor adjustment to increase the path width and slightly change the end location. The track in the digital Damage Assessment Toolkit was also adjusted slightly to represent the center of the estimated path of the tornado. No additional changes are anticipated for this tornado, and after an extensive review of damage photos, aerial imagery, and conversations with Emergency Managers, spotters, and the public, no other tornadoes have been identified for this thunderstorm episode on June 29-30, 2026. The description for the tornado track below was also updated to add more detail. .OVERVIEW... A line of storms in the early morning hours of Tuesday June 30 produced a single brief tornado over Murphy Lake in central St Louis County. .MURPHY LAKE TORNADO... Rating: EF-1 Estimated peak wind: 105 mph Path length /Statute/: 1.6 miles Path width /Maximum/: 175 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: 6/30/2026 Start time: 12:36 AM Start location: 5 ESE Zim Start Lat/Lon: 47.2865 / -92.5035 End date: 6/30/2026 End time: 12:38 AM End location: 5 NW Melrude End_lat/lon: 47.3024 / -92.4783 SURVEY_SUMMARY: A brief tornado developed along a line of storms over Murphy Lake, producing a clear and consistent path of tree damage with hundreds of trees damaged including dozens of trees uprooted or snapped near the base. The storm began southwest of Murphy Lake, reaching properties on the southwest arm of the lake and traveling northeast, crossing over the peninsula of land in the center of the lake, then tracking northeast to just north of the public boat ramp on the eastern side of the lake. The tornado then tracked over the railroad tracks and ended in an area of vegetation west of Highway 53, with no evidence that the tornado crossed the highway. EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale Classifies Tornadoes into the following categories. EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 To 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ JJM  688 NOUS45 KTFX 081806 PNSTFX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1205 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2026 ...RECORD OR NEAR RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR JUL 12... LOCATION FORECAST HIGH RECORD HIGH Bozeman MSU 97 100 Chinook 99 101 Choteau 97 96 Conrad 98 95 Cut Bank 93 96 Great Falls 99 102 Lewistown 97 99 Shelby 97 100 Stanford 97 99 Townsend 99 98 ...RECORD OR NEAR RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR JUL 13... LOCATION FORECAST HIGH RECORD HIGH Boulder 98 100 Bozeman MSU 100 100 Chinook 101 103 Conrad 98 101 Dillon 98 99 Great Falls 100 102 Lewistown 99 101 Stanford 99 100 Townsend 101 100 ...RECORD OR NEAR RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR JUL 14... LOCATION FORECAST HIGH RECORD HIGH Choteau 95 97 Dillon 93 95 Townsend 97 99 West Yellowstone 92 95 $$  730 NOUS43 KMKX 081823 PNSMKX WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-090630- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 123 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026 ...NWS Damage Survey for 07/03/26 Thunderstorm Wind Event... .Overview... A high precipitation (HP) supercell tracked from northern Illinois south of Beloit into Walworth, Racine and Kenosha counties in the late morning and early afternoon hours on Friday, July 3rd. Widespread wind damage occurred from far southeastern Rock County where a pair of empty silos were topped. The highest winds then developed south of Darien and tracked to the east- northeast across much of the southern half of Walworth county. Damage south of Darien was consistent with downburst winds as a few metal barns/building systems were destroyed and all of the debris was found at the bottom of downstream trees. In this area, there also were three empty silos that were completely toppled and fell onto motorcyclists that were taking shelter from the storms. Five people were injured from the falling concrete silo pieces that landed on or near them while some of them sheltered in a car. The storm then continued east-northeastward and impacted the Delavan Lake area, particularly the Channel Drive area and along the eastern side of the lake. Widespread tree damage was noted in this area, with damage to houses coming from the trees landing on them. A high volume of these trees were either snapped at the trunk, uprooted or lost a main portion of the branches. The storm continued its east-northeastward trajectory and impacted the Como, Lake Como, Lake Geneva, Geneva Lake and Town of Geneva areas. Much like in Delavan Lake, there was a high volume of tree damage in these areas with any structural damage coming from trees falling onto houses or other buildings. On Lake Como, the eastern shoreline had the most damage with numerous trees falling onto houses and cars. In Lake Geneva, the northwest side of the city had the most tree damage, though further south there was tree damage noted along the eastern shoreline. On Geneva Lake, there was a boat with 10 occupants on it that took on water and sunk from the high wind and waves. Three children unfortunately drowned from the incident and 7 others were injured from being thrown overboard. The storm continued to the east-northeast and the high winds continued into the area east of Como to south of Springfield near the Hawks View Golf Club. Numerous trees again were either snapped, uprooted or had a high volume of branch damage. Confidence is high that this damage was from a multi-wave downburst from the HP supercell. The structures that were hit had debris blown downward and not lofted despite being made of sheet metal, which is typically easily lofted even in weaker tornadoes. The tree damage pattern was very consistent as well with most trees blown in a west to east motion with some on the northern fringe being blown to the northeast and some on the southern fringe being blown to the southeast in a starburst pattern. The one area of rotation that prompted the Tornado Warning west of Lyons was also investigated but no damage was noted. Multiple eye-witness and video accounts of the situation describe a two to five minute period with three main bursts of a west to east wind, each progressively stronger than the previous. This longer duration wind burst likely helped increase the wind damage. Peak winds were estimated at 80-100 mph based on the EF scale along the aforementioned path, surrounded by a swath of wind estimated 60-80 mph. The size of the 80-100 mph downburst area was approximately 2 miles wide and 20 miles long. The full 60 to 100mph wind swath was approximately 5 miles wide and about 26 miles long. The storm did continue into Racine and Kenosha counties where a 58 mph wind was measured at the Kenosha Airport. Tree damage became more sporadic in these counties. .Walworth County Thunderstorm Winds... Peak Wind Estimate: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 26 miles Path Width /maximum/: 5 miles Fatalities: 3 Injuries: 12 Start Date: July 3 2026 Start Time: 11:53 AM CDT Start Location: 4 SE Clinton / Rock County / WI Start Lat/Lon: 42.525 / -88.807 End Date: July 3 2026 End Time: 12:32 PM CDT End Location: 3 NW Bohners Lake / Walworth County/ WI End Lat/Lon: 42.649 / -88.331 && NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ Halbach  393 NOUS43 KDLH 081845 PNSDLH MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-090645- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Duluth MN 145 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026 ...LATEST 24-HOUR RAIN TOTALS REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS... Rain and thunderstorms moved across much of the Northland overnight. Rainfall amounts below were submitted from trained spotters. This list facilitates geographically encoding the reports for downstream ingest into various services. A limited quality control has been performed on these data. Some locations may be listed more than once with different values and/or different times. In those cases, the reports come from different stations/observers located near one another. If you do not see your location represented by this list, submit your report to the National Weather Service in Duluth, MN. Location Amount Time/Date Lat/Lon -------- ------ --------- ------- 7 E Park Falls 1.50 in 0138 PM 07/08 45.94N/90.31W 2 N Pillager 0.75 in 0851 AM 07/08 46.35N/94.47W 4 SSE Herbster 0.60 in 0816 AM 07/08 46.77N/91.24W 3 E Payne 0.50 in 0653 AM 07/08 47.10N/92.53W Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$ klh