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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN

August 29, 1992Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1992, 3:52 PM CDT for Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1992, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1992, 4:08 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Burnett County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1992-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1992-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDLH 292053
SVRDLH
WIC013-129-292130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
352 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN BURNETT COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WAS ENTERING SOUTHERN BURNETT COUNTY... 85 MILES SOUTH OF DULUTH.
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS SOUTHERN
BURNETT AND WASHBURN COUNTIES BY 420 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN SHELL LAKE... TAKE COVER NOW!
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
D6ON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
WESTERGARD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 11:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
MNZ004-005-007-008-009-011-012-WIZ001-003-291745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1145 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

AT 1140 AM CDT A SMALL GROUP OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS JUST SOUTH OF HILL CITY... 70 MILES WEST
OF DULUTH.

THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT AREA WAS PUSHING INTO NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN FROM THE WESTERN TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO NEAR GRANTSBURG...
80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR...
WHILE THE AREA WAS EXPANDING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

WESTERGARD
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
MNZ004-005-007-008-009-011-012-WIZ001>003-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

AT 1240 PM CDT A CURVED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR LAKE
VERMILLION... 70 MILES NORTH OF DULUTH TO MEADOWLANDS... FLOODWOOD AND
SOUTH TO NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE... 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH

THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT AREA WAS PUSHING INTO NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN FROM CORNUCOPIA... 50 MILES EAST OF DULUTH TO SOLON SPRINGS...
35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DULUTH.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT
25 MILES AN HOUR... AND THE FOLL3OWING TOWNS CAN EXPECT TO HEAR THUNDER
BEFORE 145 PM... VIRGINIA... COTTON... ALBORN... BROOKSTON... CROMWELL
AND LAWLER... ALL IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

WESTERGARD
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MNZALL-231755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
120 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS COVER MOST OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS LIGHT RAIN BUT THERE ARE A
FEW HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS WITHIN THE AREA.

THE AREA AND THE HEAVY SHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS IF NECESSARY.
WE URGE YOU TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THE WEATHER IN THIS AREA.

JH
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:54 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
MNZ004-005-007>009-011-012-WIZ001>004-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
252 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.  A FEW
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ISABELLA TO DULUTH THEN
SOUTH TO CAMBRIDGE IN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST TO THE WEST OF WALES MINNESOTA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON AND PERSONS IN AND NEAR
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PYE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:16 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MNZ009-012-WIZ001-003-292115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
314 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING BURNETT COUNTY....
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

AT 310 THIS AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN FAR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE
THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM MARKVILLE MINNESOTA SOUTH TO DANBURY
WISCONSIN ALONG THE ST. CROIX RIVER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PYE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.