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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2007, 5:39 PM CDT for Ashland County, Iron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 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
- May 14, 2007, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ashland County, WI, Iron County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 285 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 May 14, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 407 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... ...LARGE HAIL THREAT INCREASING IN DULUTH-SUPERIOR METRO AREA... SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM NOW MOVING ESE ALONG HIGHWAY 53 TOWARD HERMANTOWN AND DULUTH. 2 INCH HAIL WAS RECENTLY REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN TWIG. APPENDAGE AND MID LEVEL MESOCCYLONE AREA OF THIS STORM WILL TRACK ESEWD ALONG HIGHWAY 53 INTO DULUTH IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT. THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT AS THIS STORM CROSS THE LAKE BREEZE FRONT OVER WEST DULUTH THAT THE UPDRAFT MAY WEAKEN SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER... ELEVATED INSTABILITY OVER 3000 J/KG SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AT LEAST GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN HERMANTOWN AND DULUTH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. MILLER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:04 AM CDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 504 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 LSZ121-140>148-162-MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004- 006>009-151030- 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- 504 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY SEVERE. THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. BERDES
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
410 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 3 E TWIG 46.89N 92.30W
05/14/2007 E2.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
TLONKALocal storm report, May 14, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
414 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W
05/14/2007 M1.50 INCH ST. LOUIS MN NWS EMPLOYEE
OCCURED AT THE DULUTH NWS OFFICE
&&
TLLocal storm report, May 14, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
417 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W
05/14/2007 M1.75 INCH SOUTHEAST ST. LOUI MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT NWS DULUTH OFFICE
&&
TLLocal storm report, May 14, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
426 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 4 E TWIG 46.89N 92.28W
05/14/2007 M3.00 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0415 PM HAIL 2 SE TWIG 46.87N 92.33W
05/14/2007 M2.50 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AT PIKE LAKE
0420 PM HAIL DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W
05/14/2007 M1.00 INCH SOUTHEAST ST. LOUI MN TRAINED SPOTTER
KENWOOD SHOPPING CENTER
0423 PM HAIL DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W
05/14/2007 M2.00 INCH SOUTHEAST ST. LOUI MN NWS EMPLOYEE
1 TO 2 INCH HAIL IN LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP
0425 PM HAIL DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W
05/14/2007 M2.75 INCH SOUTHEAST ST. LOUI MN TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL RICE LAKE TWNSHP
&&
TLLocal storm report, May 14, 4:55 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 63 min |
| May 14, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 34 min |
| May 14, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 36 min | |
| May 14, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 59 min | |
| May 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 34 min |
| May 14, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 25 min |
| May 14, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 26 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| May 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 66 min | |
| May 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 23 min |
| May 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| May 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 65 min | |
| May 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 36 min | |
| May 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 63 min | |
| May 14, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 52 min |
| May 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 34 min |
| May 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 36 min |
| May 14, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.