At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cotton, or 28 miles north of Cloquet, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Boulder Lake.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 626 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AITKIN PINE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA CARLTON COOK LAKE ST. LOUIS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ASHLAND BAYFIELD BURNETT DOUGLAS SAWYER WASHBURN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AITKIN, ASHLAND, BAYFIELD, CASTLE DANGER, CLOQUET, DULUTH, GRAND MARAIS, GRANTSBURG, HAYWARD, HINCKLEY, PINE CITY, SHELL LAKE, SILVER BAY, SPOONER, SUPERIOR, TWO HARBORS, AND WASHBURN. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE FOND DU LAC BAND, SAWYER DISTRICT, THE RED CLIFF BAND, THE ST. CROIX BAND IN BURNETT COUNTY, THE GRAND PORTAGE RESERVATION, THE BAD RIVER RESERVATION, THE FOND DU LAC BAND, CLOQUET DISTRICT, THE LAC COURTE OREILLES RESERVATION, THE FOND DU LAC BAND, BROOKSTON DISTRICT, THE MILLE LACS BAND, LENA LAKE, , HINCKLEY, , EAST LAKE AND, BIG SANDY LAKE AREAS AND THE BOIS FORTE BAND, NETT LAKE AND, LAKE VERMILION AREAS.