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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN

July 11, 1996Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1996, 8:44 PM CDT for Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1996, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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 1996-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 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 1996-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDLH 120144
TORDLH
MNC035-120230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
844 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...CROW WING COUNTY
 
AT 843 PM TWO SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NISSWA... 11 MILES NORTH
OF BRAINERD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND SHOULD
REACH CROSBY AND IRONTON BY 910 PM.
 
PERSONS IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!!
 
IN A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH
OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEpEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID
WINDOWS.
ERF
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca58 min
Jul 11, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin68 min
Jul 11, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass42 min
Jul 11, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCrow Wing63 min
Jul 11, 7:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis62 min
Jul 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis62 min
Jul 11, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis60 min
Jul 11, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Itasca67 min
Jul 11, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin57 min
Jul 11, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCrow Wing64 min
Jul 11, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis68 min
Jul 11, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis68 min
Jul 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis65 min
Jul 11, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin57 min
Jul 11, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSaint Louis52 min
Jul 11, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis52 min
Jul 11, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.