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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Duluth, MN

July 14, 1995Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT for Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2673 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR MORE INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 AM    BRAINERD                  MN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/95   CROW WING

0500 AM    BRAINERD                  MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       A FEW TREES BLOWN OVER

0450 AM    LAKE SHORE                MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CASS                            TREES DOWN

0515 AM    PEQUOT LAKES              MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       TREES BLOWN DOWN

0600 AM    2 NW FLOODWOOD            MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   ST LOUIS                        NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                           ALONG AND ABOUT 5 MILES
                                           EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 73
                                           FROM FLOODWOOD TO NEAR
                                           SILICA.  WORST DAMAGE 2 NW
                                           OF FLOODWOOD INCLUDED LARGE
                                           TREES UPROOTED ON HOUSES AND
                                           GARAGES.  MOBILE HOME
                                           OVERTURNED.  ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                           A BARN.

CLC
Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR MORE INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 AM    BRAINERD                  MN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/95   CROW WING

0500 AM    BRAINERD                  MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       A FEW TREES BLOWN OVER

0450 AM    LAKE SHORE                MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CASS                            TREES DOWN

0515 AM    PEQUOT LAKES              MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       TREES BLOWN DOWN

0600 AM    2 NW FLOODWOOD            MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   ST LOUIS                        NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                           ALONG AND ABOUT 5 MILES
                                           EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 73
                                           FROM FLOODWOOD TO NEAR
                                           SILICA.  WORST DAMAGE 2 NW
                                           OF FLOODWOOD INCLUDED LARGE
                                           TREES UPROOTED ON HOUSES AND
                                           GARAGES.  MOBILE HOME
                                           OVERTURNED.  ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                           A BARN.

CLC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice54 min
Jul 14, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice46 min

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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.