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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Duluth, MN

August 22, 1995Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT for Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Lake County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 948 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
597 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.4

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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, Aug 22, 8:00 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
800 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

520  PM      RANIER                      MN     HAIL 0.75 INCH.
             KOOCHICHING

522  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 1.25 INCH.
             KOOCHICHING

531  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 1.25 INCH AT
             KOOCHICHING                        AIRPORT.
                                                HAIL 1.50 INCH
                                                BY SPOTTERS.
                                                CONVECTIVE GUST TO
                                                67 MPH AT INT'L FALLS
                                                AIRPORT.

535  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 2.00 INCH AT INL
             KOOCHICHING                        HAIL 3.00 INCH
                                                BY SPOTTERS.

604  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL DAMAGED
             KOOCHICHING                        NWS BUILDING.

610  PM      RAY                         MN     HAIL TO 2.00 INCHES
             KOOCHICHING                        BROKE SPOTTER
                                                WINDSHIELD.

630 PM       1 N OF SKIME                MN     HAIL 1.00 INCH
             ROSEAU                             SPOTTER REPORT.

MWD/JMB/MJK/JJF
Local storm report, Aug 22, 8:01 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
800 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

520  PM      RANIER                      MN     HAIL 0.75 INCH.
             KOOCHICHING

522  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 1.25 INCH.
             KOOCHICHING

531  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 1.25 INCH AT
             KOOCHICHING                        AIRPORT.
                                                HAIL 1.50 INCH
                                                BY SPOTTERS.
                                                CONVECTIVE GUST TO
                                                67 MPH AT INT'L FALLS
                                                AIRPORT.

535  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL 2.00 INCH AT INL
             KOOCHICHING                        HAIL 3.00 INCH
                                                BY SPOTTERS.

604  PM      INTERNATIONAL FALLS         MN     HAIL DAMAGED
             KOOCHICHING                        NWS BUILDING.

610  PM      RAY                         MN     HAIL TO 2.00 INCHES
             KOOCHICHING                        BROKE SPOTTER
                                                WINDSHIELD.

630 PM       1 N OF SKIME                MN     HAIL 1.00 INCH
             ROSEAU                j             SPOTTER REPORT.

MWD/JMB/MJK/JJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis31 min
Aug 22, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis32 min
Aug 22, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.