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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Duluth, MN

June 27, 2005Cass County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 1:29 PM CDT for Cass 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
Jun 27, 2005, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cass County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 27, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 500 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 8:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
835 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-281230-
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-
835 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

...A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS EACH DAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

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

EOM/GSF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin44 min
Jun 26, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching49 min
Jun 27, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca53 min
Jun 27, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass21 min
Jun 27, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis47 min
Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin50 min
Jun 27, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca28 min
Jun 27, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis43 min
Jun 27, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis21 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH88 min
Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice19 min
Jun 27, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron39 min
Jun 27, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.