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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Duluth, MN

September 21, 2007Pine County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2007, 6:56 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 21, 2007, 6:56 AM CDT (11:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2007, 7:31 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pine County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 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
Sep 21, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2007-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1394 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 2007-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
1394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
24.8

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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 Sep 21, 6:07 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:07 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
436 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-
006>009-220945-
BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-
OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI
TO GRAND PORTAGE MN-KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-
SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-
SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-
ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
436 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CREATE A VARIETY OF WEATHER
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE MORNING
WEST OF A CRANE LAKE TO GRAND RAPIDS TO BRAINERD LINE. EAST OF
THIS LINE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS
A LINE OF FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT... ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE.

BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP. A WIND
ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT LATER THIS MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND DOUGLAS AND BURNETT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT RAIN DID NOT OCCUR IN MOST AREAS
OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA
TODAY. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES
REGARDING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING.

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
SUPERIOR FROM GRAND PORTAGE MINNESOTA TO SAXON HARBOR WISCONSIN
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

CANNON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 6:25 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine19 min
Sep 20, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis38 min
Sep 21, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH64 min
Sep 21, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing68 min
Sep 21, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Itasca20 min
Sep 21, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH55 min
Sep 21, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH19 min
Sep 21, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis29 min
Sep 21, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching42 min
Sep 21, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis23 min
Sep 21, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching17 min
Sep 21, 7:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH31 min
Sep 21, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH19 min
Sep 21, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis13 min
Sep 21, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis13 min
Sep 21, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis7 min
Sep 21, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake26 min
Sep 21, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching40 min
Sep 21, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin25 min
Sep 21, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching32 min
Sep 21, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH34 min
Sep 21, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis31 min
Sep 21, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH31 min
Sep 21, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH47 min
Sep 21, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH64 min
Sep 21, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH45 min
Sep 21, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH19 min
Sep 20, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn33 min
Sep 21, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield20 min
Sep 21, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield40 min
Sep 21, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield36 min
Sep 21, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn49 min
Sep 21, 7:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas30 min
Sep 21, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron21 min
Sep 21, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron38 min
Sep 21, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.