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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Duluth, MN

October 5, 2007Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this flash flood watch at Oct 5, 2007, 3:11 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2007, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2007, 10:52 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity
None

Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2007-10-05Temperature 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 2007-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.