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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

August 16, 2009Aitkin County, Pine County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2009, 2:08 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Pine County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2009, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Pine County, MN, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2009-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WWUS83 KDLH 160708
SPSDLH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
208 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

MNZ034>038-WIZ001-006-007-160800-
BURNETT-CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-NORTHERN
AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-WASHBURN-
208 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

...LINE OF STORMS HEADED NORTH TOWARDS TWIN PORTS...

AT 206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIVERSIDE TO 8 MILES
WEST OF FINLAYSON TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FINLAYSON AND CLOVERTON BY 215 AM...
  RUTLEDGE AND DAIRYLAND BY 225 AM...
  KINGSDALE AND BRUNO BY 230 AM...
  WILLOW RIVER BY 235 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.

LAT...LON 4601 9307 4615 9306 4615 9343 4624 9345
      4623 9376 4615 9381 4615 9382 4663 9358
      4657 9178 4596 9203

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Crow Wing, Pine66 min
Aug 16, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine65 min
Aug 16, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton61 min
Aug 16, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine60 min
Aug 16, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca66 min
Aug 15, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice94 min
Aug 16, 4:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2009Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2009Every special weather statement in 2009

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.