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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Duluth, MN

August 8, 1995Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 11:52 PM CDT for Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 12:50 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Crow Wing County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3218 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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 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
3218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
679 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
11.2

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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.