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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

March 12, 2006Carlton County, Pine County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 3:58 AM CST for Carlton County, Pine County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 12, 2006, 11:59 AM CST. It was in force for 42 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2006, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2006, 11:59 AM CST
Expired
Mar 14, 2006, 5:45 AM CST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2006-03-12Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -159 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:58 AM CSTSnow AdvisoryDLHCarlton, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis8 hr
Mar 12, 11:59 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006

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.