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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Duluth, MN

June 8, 2005Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 4:42 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 8, 2005, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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
Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 7:00 AM CDT, 21 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
700 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-081230-
ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-BURNETT-C. ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-IRON-
KOOCHICHING-N. AITKIN-N. CASS-N. ITASCA-N. LAKE/N. COOK-N. ST. LOUIS-
PINE-PRICE-S. AITKIN-S. CASS-S. COOK/LAKESHORE-S. ITASCA-
S. LAKE/LAKESHORE-S. ST. LOUIS/CARLTON-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
700 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR CASS...CROW WING AND
AITKIN COUNTIES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FROM LONGVILLE TO
AITKIN AND THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN
THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH A BRIEF BREAK
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT FROM BRAINERD INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

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

GSF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:34 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass37 min
Jun 8, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCrow Wing23 min
Jun 8, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.