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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN

May 14, 2007Bayfield County, Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT for Bayfield County, Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bayfield County, WI, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 1Brule, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2007-05-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDLH 142156
SVRDLH
WIC007-031-142245-
/O.NEW.KDLH.SV.W.0021.070514T2153Z-070514T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
453 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BAYFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUPERIOR...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE   
  HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7      
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT WING TO SUPERIOR...OR ALONG A LINE         
  EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND TO SUPERIOR...AND     
  MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WENTWORTH...TO OULU...TO HERBSTER BY 510 PM CDT...
  LAKE NEBAGAMON AND BRULE BY 520 PM CDT...
  IRON RIVER BY 530 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4693 9117 4673 9219 4630 9200 4650 9098

$$

DC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDLH 142212
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
508 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

WIC007-031-142245-
/O.CON.KDLH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070514T2245Z/
DOUGLAS WI-BAYFIELD WI-
508 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BAYFIELD AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PORT WING TO HAWTHORNE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SUPERIOR...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE STORMS IS 
MOVING ONSHORE OVER NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF 
CLOVERLAND.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE NEBAGAMON AND BRULE BY 515 PM CDT...
  NEAR IRON RIVER BY 530 PM CDT...
  SOLON SPRINGS TO INO BY 535 PM CDT...

HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR DULUTH  WITH 
THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4693 9117 4673 9219 4630 9200 4650 9098

$$

DC
000 
WWUS53 KDLH 142223
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
521 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

WIC007-031-142245-
/O.CON.KDLH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070514T2245Z/
DOUGLAS WI-BAYFIELD WI-
521 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT 
FOR NORTHERN BAYFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOQUAH TO LAKE
NEBAGAMON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ASHLAND TO 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUPERIOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MOQUAH AND INO BY 535 PM CDT...
  BENOIT BY 540 PM CDT...

HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WITH THESE 
STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4693 9117 4671 9196 4629 9168 4652 9095

$$

DC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas41 min
May 14, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas46 min
May 14, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron66 min
May 14, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas47 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield34 min
May 14, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron36 min
May 14, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer25 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.