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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Duluth, MN

July 3, 2003Pine County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2003, 12:44 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2003, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pine County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 3:49 PM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:49 PM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
349 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

DISCUSSION WILL BE SHORT DUE TO ANTICIPATED SEVERE WEATHER. NEAR
SEVERE MCS NOW INTO NW MN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD IN MN
CWFA. TSRA WILL HOLD OFF IN NW WI UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING AS
ATMOSPHERE IS WELL CAPPED. EXPECT MCS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
OVER THE FA...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WESTERN TIER OF FA.
BULK OF THE TSRA WILL BE OVER BY 12Z THURSDAY...BUT MAY LINGER IN NW
WI. A BREAK IN THE ACTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THURSDAY AS A PIECE
OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY DUE TO ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON. TSRA WILL
BREAK OUT ONCE AGAIN AND TRAVERSE THE FA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
EXPECT ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT OVER MAINLY EASTERN
HALF OF FA THURSDAY EVENING AND LINGER INTO NW WI. NO PCPN EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY.

.DLH...NONE.

GSF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 12:51 PM CDT, 11 hours 53 minutes before

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-031230-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1251 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT IN A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY IN NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM CRANE LAKE TO GRAND RAPIDS TO
BRAINERD FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TO THE EAST OF THIS
LINE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER THE
DAKOTAS TODAY AND MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND PUSH INTO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN BY
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SIREN TO PARK FALLS FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE
IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND TONIGHT IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH

GSF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0646 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 PM    4 NW LONGVILLE            MN   0.88 IN HAIL
07/02/03   NORTHERN CASS

CLC

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0911 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0817 PM    JENKINS                   MN   1.75 IN HAIL
07/02/03   CROW WING                      AND 80 MPH WINDS

0540 PM    WALKER                    MN   1.75 IN HAIL
07/02/03   NORTHERN CASS

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0917 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0855 PM    18 N DULUTH               MN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/02/03   SOUTHEAST ST. LOUIS

CLC

Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0919 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0816 PM    PEQUOT LAKES              MN   1.00 IN HAIL
07/02/03   CROW WING

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0934 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0925 PM    2 S PEQUOT LAKES          MN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/02/03   CROW WING

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0937 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0935 PM    BREEZY POINT              MN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/02/03   CROW WING

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	45 min
Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	64 min
Jul 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	63 min
Jul 3, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	59 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.