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Marine Strong Wind · Lake Superior

Marine Strong Wind December 23, 2014 · Grand Marais To Taconite Hbr Mn, Lake Superior

23 mph

Measured gust (20 kt)

Deaths

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

Waves as high as 6 feet washed a man into the lake as he was sitting on a rock along the shore of Lake Superior at Bluefin Bay Resort. He was wearing swimming trunks as he had just exited a nearby sauna. Another man who was trying to reach out to the victim from a rock slipped into the lake and was washed away by the high waves. Both men drowned. Winds measured by the Grand Marais ASOS were northeast from about 10 to 15 miles an hour since midnight but were decreasing to under 10 mph at the time of the drownings.

Began near Lutsen (47.5742, -90.8351).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 553363. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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