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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Duluth, MN

June 19, 2009Price County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2009, 6:11 AM CDT for Price County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2009, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Price County, WI

The radar

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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 19, 4:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
403 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

.DISCUSSION...COMPLEX SFC PATTERN THIS MORNING WITH WARM FRONT
OVER SOUTHERN MN...SFC TROF IN WESTERN MN...AND QUASI-STATIONARY
BOUNDARY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH NW MN
ATTM IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN NE
MN. A LINE OF TSRA MOVING INTO NW WI ATTM PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS. ASKOV COOP REPORTED NO WIND OR HAIL...BUT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AT 317 AM. AREAS OF FOG HAVE FORMED DUE TO THE LIGHT
WIND AND RECENT RAIN. VSBYS AROUND 1/4SM AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF
LAKE SUPERIOR WITH LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW. HOLE IN THE CLOUDS MOVING
INTO THE SW PORTION OF THE FA WHERE SOME DRYING IS OCCURRING.
HOWEVER...STRATUS/FOG IS BEGINNING TO FORM WHERE THE SKY HAS
CLEARED.

LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE ROCKIES THIS MORNING IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO
THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED FOR MORE
CONVECTION TODAY WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S
F. MUCAPE SHOULD REACH THE 1000 J/KG RANGE WITH H85 LIS TO -2C.
STORMS SHOULD BE BELOW SEVERE AS SHEAR IS VERY WEAK. SOME BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WITH PWATS FROM 1.25
TO 1.5 INCHES. STORMS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS UPPER WAVE MOVES E OF
THE AREA AND LOW LEVELS STABILIZE. SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER NEAR THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER WHICH WILL REMAIN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO UPPER
LEVEL FORCING. RIDGING ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME
CLEARING. LIGHT WIND AND MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER EXPECTED AND HAVE A
MENTION OF FOG LATE TONIGHT.

THE FOG WILL LINGER IN THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR
LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HIGH AND
WIND WILL BE LIGHT. FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING WITH PLENTY OF
SOLAR. MAX TEMPS INTO THE 80S F WITH SOME 70S NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.

NEXT BATCH OF STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WITH ARRIVAL
OF FAIRLY POTENT WAVE/FRONTAL SYSTEM.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF FOG AND LOW CLOUD WITH VLIFR TO MVFR VSBYS AND
CIGS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
NORTHLAND THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD LIFT BY
MIDDAY...WITH MVFR TO VFR CIGS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ISOLD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVES ACROSS THE MIDWEST. SOUTH TO EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE
WEST TONIGHT AFTER THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH.

&&

POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  74  57  82  54 /  40  40  10  10
INL  78  57  81  52 /  60  40  10  10
BRD  81  60  83  57 /  40  30  10  10
HYR  81  62  85  53 /  40  40  10  10
ASX  80  57  82  52 /  40  40  10  10

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...NONE.

GSF/BERDES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:41 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
136 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

WIZ003-004-190730-
ASHLAND-IRON-
136 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES...

AT 134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ODANAH TO MELLEN TO
MIDWAY BETWEEN CLAM LAKE AND GLIDDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MORSE BY 140 AM...
  GLIDDEN BY 145 AM...
  GURNEY AND CEDAR BY 155 AM...
  UPSON AND SAXON BY 205 AM...
  KIMBALL AND IRON BELT BY 215 AM...
  PENCE AND MONTREAL BY 220 AM...
  HURLEY AND GILE BY 225 AM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

DONOFRIO
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
321 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

MNZ038-WIZ001-006-007-190915-
BURNETT-DOUGLAS-PINE-WASHBURN-
321 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN THE ST. CROIX VALLEY...

AT 318 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HINCKLEY TO 5 MILES EAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
MODERATE DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGSDALE AND DUXBURY BY 325 AM...
  MOOSE JUNCTION BY 330 AM...
  CLOVERTON BY 335 AM...
  MARKVILLE AND DAIRYLAND BY 340 AM...
  SOLON SPRINGS BY 345 AM...
  RIVERSIDE AND DANBURY BY 350 AM...
  GORDON BY 355 AM...

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

GSF
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:19 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine56 min
Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing60 min
Jun 19, 5:11 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 19, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn37 min
Jun 19, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn47 min
Jun 19, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.