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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN

May 15, 2001Burnett County, Washburn County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2001, 8:38 PM CDT for Burnett County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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
May 15, 2001, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burnett County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2001-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1381 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDLH 160139
SVRDLH

WIC013-129-160215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
838 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAR SOUTHEAST BURNETT COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES WEST OF SHELL LAKE...OR ABOUT
  22 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHELL LAKE AROUND 850 PM CDT
  SARONA AROUND 855 PM CDT

DAMAGING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND DESTR<UCTIVE WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

$$

MELDE

LAT...LON 4578 9220 4561 9214 4566 9156 4591 9156

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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.