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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Duluth, MN

June 13, 2008Cook County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 2:36 AM CDT for Cook County, Minnesota. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2008, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cook County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 12, 9:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
903 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

.UPDATE...BUSY SET UP THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...UNTIL SENSIBLE HEATING INSTABILITY WEAKENS
AND VORT MAX LIFTS NORTH AROUND FRONT SIDE OF UPPER LOW. MAIN
THREATS REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH STRONG UNIFORM
WIND PROFILE. ALSO...MARINE FOG LAYER HAS RETURNED OVER MUCH OF
THE SHORELINE PER LATEST OBS THIS EVENING. EXPECT ONSHORE WEAK
FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE NIGHT...KEEPING DENSE FOG IN PLACE
UNTIL WIND SHIFT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. POSTED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY
ACCORDINGLY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 211 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FULLY OCCLUDED SFC SYSTEM POSITIONED JUST N OF MT/ND/CN BORDER AND
MOVG VERY SLOWLY TO THE NE. LOLVL MSTR AND TRIGGER MECHANISM
LACKING...BUT -20 500 MB TEMPS AND AFTN HTG IN DRY SLOT WILL
RESULT IN RAPID DESTABILIZATION LATE AFTN/EVE...SO SLGT RISK IS
RSNBL. CU FIELD ALREADY FORMING. SEE SWODY1 DISC FOR MORE INFO.
SOME POPS WILL PERSIST THRU FRI AS UPR LOW SLOWLY SLIDES AWAY. AFT
A BRIEF PD OF WEAK RIDGING...SEVERAL OTHER S/WVS SHOOT ACRS BORDER
COUNTRY OVR THE WEEKEND...AFFECTING MAINLY THE NRN PART OF OUR
CWA. MODELS STILL DEPICT AMPLIFYING UPR LVL RIDGE OVR MIDWEST NXT
WEEK. GFS STILL STRONGER WITH THIS RIDGE THAN ECMWF...BUT IDEA IS
THE SAME. TIMING OF PRECIP IN RETURN FLOW ON BACK SIDE OF SFC HIGH
LATER NXT WEEK A BIT UNCERTAIN. KEPT TUE-THU PD DRY FOR NOW.

AVIATION...
DRY SLOT FROM DEEP SFC LOW OVER SE  SASK HAS SWEPT ACROSS WRN 2/3 OF
CWA WITH VFR DOMINATING. AREA OF MVFR/IFR ACROSS ERN CWA...INCLUDING
HYR...IS ASSOCIATED WITH OCCLUDED FRONT. WITH UPPER LVL WINDS STILL
PARALLEL TO THIS FEATURE....EXPECT MVFR/IFR TO CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE ANY IMPROVEMENT OCCURS. WITH COLD AIR ALOFT AND SFC
HEATING...MAY SEE SCT RW/TRW THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ALTHOUGH POPS
ARE LOW IN ANY ONE LOCATION. DLH TERMINAL FCST IS TRICKY AS MARINE
LAYER MAY TRY TO REDEVELOP/DEEPEN OVER AREA THIS EVENING ONCE
MECHANICAL MIXING FROM DAYTIME HEATING DISSIPATES. HAVE INCLUDED
TEMPO FOR LIFR AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPPER LOW WILL MOVE TOWARDS REGION
TONIGHT. HIGHEST CHANCE FOR MVFR/IFR WILL OCCUR NEAR INL EARLY
FRIDAY.

&&

POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  50  68  46  67 /  20  20  20  30
INL  50  64  45  65 /  40  40  30  30
BRD  50  68  50  72 /  30  20  10  20
HYR  54  72  48  71 /  30  20  10  20
ASX  51  70  50  69 /  30  20  10  30

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR CARLTON/SOUTHERN
     ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE.

WI...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-
     DOUGLAS-IRON.

LS...NONE.

LILES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-131030-
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-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF DULUTH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL
BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-131030-
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-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF DULUTH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL
BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

04

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
849 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 E BRAINERD            46.35N 94.01W
06/12/2008  M60 MPH          CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LILES
Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
904 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     TSTM WND GST     BRAINERD                46.35N 94.19W
06/12/2008  M58.00 MPH       CROW WING          MN   ASOS

&&

LILES
Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1111 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIWABIK                 47.53N 92.35W
06/12/2008  U0.00 MPH        ST. LOUIS          MN   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER OUT IN BIWABIK

&&

LILES
Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching16 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCass49 min
Jun 12, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis43 min
Jun 12, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass47 min
Jun 12, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Itasca64 min
Jun 12, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing54 min
Jun 12, 8:47 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis13 hr
Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis62 min
Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis41 min
Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching22 min
Jun 12, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis45 min
Jun 12, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis27 min
Jun 12, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH42 min
Jun 12, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis58 min
Jun 12, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing63 min
Jun 12, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis41 min
Jun 12, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca43 min
Jun 12, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine53 min
Jun 12, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Saint Louis39 min
Jun 12, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake46 min
Jun 12, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis27 min
Jun 13, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis43 min
Jun 13, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Saint Louis48 min
Jun 13, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca28 min
Jun 13, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH89 min
Jun 13, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Lake, Saint Louis40 min
Jun 13, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis50 min
Jun 13, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis46 min
Jun 13, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis52 min
Jun 13, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis65 min
Jun 13, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH71 min
Jun 13, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake58 min
Jun 13, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH40 min
Jun 13, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn64 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.