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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN

July 30, 2006Aitkin County, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 30, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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
Jul 30, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDLH 300701
TORDLH
MNC001-021-035-300730-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0013.060730T0700Z-060730T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
200 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CROW WING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF EMILY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE PINE BY 205 AM...
  WAUKENABO AND BAIN BY 220 AM...
  WALDECK BY 225 AM...
  PALISADE BY 230 AM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4693 9385 4674 9399 4656 9349 4679 9332

$$

DAP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDLH 300714
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
212 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006

MNC001-021-035-300730-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060730T0730Z/
CROW WING MN-AITKIN MN-CASS MN-
212 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR CASS...
AITKIN AND CROW WING COUNTIES...

AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE PINE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
GRAND RAPIDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAUKENABO AND BAIN BY 225 AM...
  WALDECK AND PALISADE BY 230 AM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4693 9385 4674 9399 4656 9349 4679 9332

$$

DAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH30 min
Jul 29, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH32 min
Jul 29, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH47 min
Jul 29, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake27 min
Jul 29, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH45 min
Jul 29, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake16 min
Jul 29, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis23 min
Jul 29, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH34 min
Jul 29, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis49 min
Jul 30, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass67 min
Jul 30, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH33 min
Jul 30, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca40 min
Jul 30, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH42 min
Jul 30, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing53 min
Jul 30, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass13 min
Jul 30, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis54 min
Jul 30, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass32 min
Jul 30, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca50 min
Jul 30, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH55 min
Jul 30, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis34 min
Jul 30, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin61 min
Jul 30, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis62 min
Jul 30, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Itasca61 min
Jul 30, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine60 min
Jul 30, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH61 min
Jul 30, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis32 min
Jul 30, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine60 min
Jul 30, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton55 min
Jul 30, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH53 min
Jul 30, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca49 min
Jul 30, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca49 min
Jul 30, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis54 min
Jul 30, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine46 min
Jul 30, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton33 min
Jul 30, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine45 min
Jul 30, 8:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH62 min
Jul 30, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine48 min
Jul 30, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis27 min
Jul 30, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake38 min
Jul 30, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH49 min
Jul 30, 11:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH33 min
Jul 30, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis52 min
Jul 30, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH38 min
Jul 30, 3:50 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis30 hr

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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.