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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Duluth, MN

January 3, 2008Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2008, 3:37 AM CST for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 3, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2008, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 3, 2008, 2:29 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2008-01-03Temperature 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 2008-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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.