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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Duluth, MN

July 12, 1995Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 6:13 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 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 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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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

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
300 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995

MNZ005-006-121100-
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE...

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY 6 AM. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH FOR BOTH
LAND AND LAKE AS READINGS HOLD IN THE LOWER 70S.

MNZ010-011-121400
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY...

.NOW...
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY 9AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG. TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY MID MORNING WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDpS AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER LAND AND LAKE.

SCW
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
300 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995

MNZ005-006-121100-
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE...

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY 6 AM. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH FOR BOTH
LAND AND LAKE AS READINGS HOLD IN THE LOWER 70S.

MNZ010-011-121400
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY...

.NOW...
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY 9AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG. TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY MID MORNING WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER LAND AND LAKE.

SCW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing, Itasca57 min
Jul 12, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin58 min
Jul 12, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine62 min
Jul 12, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake65 min
Jul 12, 7:09 AM CDTTornado WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis36 min
Jul 12, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas54 min
Jul 12, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice15 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.