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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN

October 29, 2004Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2004, 8:25 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2004, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2004-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 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 2004-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDLH 300125
TORDLH
WIC031-300230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
825 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  MOOSE JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOOSE JUNCTION AROUND 835 PM CDT
  CHAFFEY AROUND 845 PM CDT
  BENNETT AROUND 910 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...
CAMPER OR ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS SEEK STURDY SHELTER. AS A LAST
RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD

LAT...LON 4636 9227 4616 9228 4636 9160 4668 9162

$$

BERDES

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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.