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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN

July 13, 1995Itasca County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 6:49 AM CDT for Itasca County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 1995, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Itasca County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDLH 131153 RRA
SVRDLH
MNC115-061-017-137-131230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
649 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN PINE COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN ITASCA COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN CARLTON COUNTY...WESTERN ST LOUIS COUNTY
 
AT 645 AM...DULUTH RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM NEAR HIBBING...TO VIRGINIA...WHICH IS 21 NORTHEAST OF
HIBBING...TO DULUTH TO DANBURY WISCONSIN....WHICH IS 58 MILES SOUTH OF
DULUTH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 60
MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE CITIES OF
GRAND RAPIDS...CROMWELL AND WILLOW RIVER THROUGH 710 AM.  WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY ALONG AND BEHIND THIE LINE OF
STORMS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM EXPECT WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY LFROM WINDOWS.  DURING THUNDERSTORMS
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN
WATER...STAY BELOW DECK...AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
 
TAP/SES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Itasca	61 min
Jul 13, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	67 min
Jul 13, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	62 min
Jul 13, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	62 min
Jul 13, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	67 min
Jul 13, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	67 min
Jul 13, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake	65 min
Jul 13, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine	41 min
Jul 13, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	63 min
Jul 13, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	29 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.