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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN

July 14, 1995Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1995, 6:21 AM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 6:44 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Louis County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDLH 141122
TORDLH
MNC137-141200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
621 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
 
 
AT 616 AM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GRAND LAKE TOWNSHIP ON
CARIBOU ROAD...WHICH IS ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF DULUTH. THIS TORNADO WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE DULUTH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED6
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
TAP

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 14, 4:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
450 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR MILLE LACS LAKE...

AT 445 AM CDT...DULUTH RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE LAKE FROM 515 TO 6 AM.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...MARBLE SIZE OR GREATER HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OVER
MILLE LACS LAKE.

EARLY MORNING MARINERS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE
IMMEDIATELY. STRONG WINDS...YIELDING HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE THUNDERSTORMS.

DAP
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
450 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR MILLE LACS LAKE...

AT 445 AM CDT...DULUTH RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE LAKE FROM 515 TO 6 AM.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...MARBLE SIZE OR GREATER HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE OF $THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OVER
MILLE LACS LAKE.

EARLY MORNING MARINERS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE
IMMEDIATELY. STRONG WINDS...YIELDING HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE THUNDERSTORMS.

DAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing61 min
Jul 14, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca55 min
Jul 14, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis69 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.