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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

July 27, 1993Itasca County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT for Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1993, 6:52 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Itasca County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 27, 2:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-WIZ001-003-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL
9 PM CDT. NORTHEAST MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...
CASS...ITASCA...CROW WING...AITKIN...CARLTON...ST. LOUIS...PINE AND
KANABEC. IN WISCONSIN...THE COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS...BURNETT AND WASHBURN
ARE INCLUDED. THE DULUTH/SUPERIOR AREA IS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.

THUNDERSTORMS...:SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MNZ001-002-003-004-006-007-282125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
322 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL
900 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 315 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEMIDJI TO LOWER
RED LAKE THEN NORTHWEST TO THIEF RIVER FALLS ON TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME BUT PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO
YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS$ FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SCW

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MNZ001-002-003-004-006-007-282235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
432 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL
900 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN
BELTRAMI...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI NEAR BLACKDUCK EXTENDING
NORTHWEST TO KITTSON COUNTY AND THE CANADIAN BORDER.

SOME OF THESE STORMS AROUND THE MARSHALL AND KITTSON COUNTY AREAS ARE
RECEIVING SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN
ROSEAU COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TOWNS OF GREENBUSH AND STRATHCONA.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO
YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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SCW

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-272245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
445 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 4 45 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.  RADAR DETECTED NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
BRAINERD...WALKER...AND IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ITASCA COUNTY NEAR ALVWOOD.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE
NEAR AITKIN...HILL CITY AND GRAND RAPIDS BY 5 30 PM.

STRONG WINDS ALOFT WERE AIDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND SEVERAL
FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED EARLIER IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

DFM
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
609 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 6 PM CDT DULUTH RADAR DETECTED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHEAST MINESOTA.  THE FIRST WAS NEAR LEECH LAKE AND WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE SECOND AREA WAS IN RURAL ITASCA COUNTY
NEAR WIRTH AND EFFIE AND WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE FIRST STORMS WILL BE NEAR REMER AND DEER RIVER BY 7 PM...WHILE
THE OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF OUR AREA TOWARD NETT LAKE.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

DFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHItasca31 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.