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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Duluth, MN

August 7, 2010Sawyer County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT for Sawyer County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 7, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sawyer County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2010-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2210 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
12.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Aug 7, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
737 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

.UPDATE...
INCREASED CHANCES OF RAIN AND THUNDER NORTH OF DULUTH. INTRODUCED
AREAS OF FOG LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
WARM FRONT SEEMS TO BE ADVECTING UNSTABLE AIR AND CONVECTIVE
AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY FURTHER NORTHEAST...UP THE SLOPE OF THE
APPROACHING WARM FRONT...THAN GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE BEEN ELEVATED...THE WARM FRONTAL
SURFACE IS UP OFF THE SURFACE...AND POTENT BUT NO REPORTS OF HAIL
REACHING THE GROUND OR WIND GUSTS OVERCOMING THE ENERGY IT TAKES
TO PUSH DOWN INTO DENSE SURFACE AIR YET. MOST ACTIVE STORMS ARE
WEAKENING AND PASSING OUT OF OUR AREA. REALLY DANGEROUS STORMS
WITH BOTH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES AND ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP VERY
UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUE TO APPROACH SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR
AREA...THE PORTIONS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. WITH HIGHER
MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE INCOMING TROPICAL AIR...WE ANTICIPATE FOG
DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE
SHALLOW MARINE AIR CONTINUES TO MANIFEST ITSELF WITH A RELATIVELY
COOL BUT WEAK ONSHORE FLOW.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 704 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010/

AVIATION...08/08/00Z ISSUANCE...
AN AIR MASS CHANGE IS BRINGING VERY HUMID AIR INTO THE AREA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE OR EVEN TORNADIC...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA AS FAR NORTH AND EAST AS A GPZ/DLH/HYR LINE.
RELUCTANT MARINE AIR NORTH OF THE STRONG WARM FRONT WILL CAUSE VFR
CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE TO VLIFR IN AREAS OF FOG AROUND THE LAKE
AND PATCHY FOG INLAND LATE TONIGHT...ANY FOG WILL LIFT BY
MIDMORNING SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR AFTER MIDMORNING
SUNDAY.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 321 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010/

DISCUSSION...SFC WARM FRONT DRAPED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FA AT 19Z FROM KXVG TO KCOQ TO THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF LAKE
SUPERIOR IN NW WI. CHAOTIC CLOUD MASS HAS BEEN IMPACTING THE FA
ALL DAY AND HAS KEPT MAX TEMPS...AS WELL AS INSTABILITY...IN
CHECK. BEST INSTABILITY IS S OF THE WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MN ATTM. SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE DAKOTAS WILL BE
THE FORCING MECHANISM NEED TO LAUNCH THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT THE
STORMS TO MAINLY AFFECT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS INTO SOUTHERN
TIER OF FA THIS EVENING...S OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2.

THIS SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE FA TONIGHT WITH ACCOMPANYING
THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEX. PWATS AROUND 1.75 INCHES INDICATE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAIN...BUT STORMS SHOULD MOVE AT A GOOD CLIP KEEPING
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 1.25 INCH RANGE. SOME ACTIVITY MAY LINGER
IN NW WI SUNDAY MORNING. A BRAKE IN THE ACTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT IN THE NW CORNER OF THE FA AS FAST MOVING WEAK SHORT WAVE IN
SOUTHERN CANADA MAY HAVE A FEW STORMS CLIP THIS AREA. HAVE SMALL
POPS IN PLACE.

FAIRLY QUIET THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH RIDGING OVER THE FA. DID
PLACE A SMALL POP OVER THE ARROWHEAD AS MODELS SUGGEST ANOTHER WEAK
WAVE AFFECTING THAT AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDED PATCHY FOG LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS MOISTEN UP IN THE LOWEST 1K FT.
THE RIDGING PREVAILS THROUGH MONDAY.

NEXT WAVE EJECTS OUT OF THE WEST COAST TROF FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
STORMS ON TUESDAY.

EXTENDED...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND...
THE WAVY AND STRONG ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES AS A SERIES OF ARCTIC
OUTBREAKS CONTINUE FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE THROUGH MOST OF HUDSON
BAY.  MEANWHILE...THE FEROCIOUS HEAT SPELL AND ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER
HIGH CONTINUES FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAU EASTWARD THROUGH THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES...ALL THIS CONTRAST MAINTAINING THE ZONAL FLOW.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MODELS ALSO MAINTAIN A LARGE  TROUGH ALOFT OVER
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE AMERICAN NORTHWEST...WITH SHOTS OF COLD AIR
AND OUT-OF-PHASE TROUGHS BEING BROUGHT OVER OUR AREA.  IN GENERAL WE
CAN EXPECT UNSEASONABLY WARM AND REMARKABLY HUMID WEATHER WITH
SCATTERED MOSTLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR OUR AREA.
HOWEVER...HIGH POTENTIALS SUGGEST THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
QUITE POTENT...WITH ALL THE DYNAMICS AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURES
ALOFT.  SO...ONE SUCH TROUGH AND COLD POCKET MOVES OVER US AS
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS ADVECTS HOT AND HUMID TROPICAL
AIR FROM THE GULF STRAIGHT INTO OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...THE SURFACE
LOW PASSES US...WITH A WARM MOIST HANG-BACK TROUGH OVER OUR AREA
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.  ANOTHER STRONG...FAST MOVING
TROUGH ALOFT ACCOMPANIES INCREASINGLY POTENT LOW LEVEL TROPICAL AIR
ADVECTION THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY.  A COLD FRONT...FOLLOWED BY
UPPER AND MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION...PUSHES THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY EVENING ON ALL THE MODELS.  THE MODELS SUGGEST
A GRADUAL COOL DOWN AND DRYING TOWARD MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS
SUNDAY.

AVIATION...18Z TAF ISSUANCE.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH AND ALONG A LINE FROM KBJI
THROUGH KHIB TO KBFW THROUGH 08Z. AFTER 08Z THERE WILL BE AREAS OF
FOG WITH VSBY AOB 3SM.

&&

.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  63  79  61  86 /  80  10  10  10
INL  58  84  58  89 /  30  20  10  10
BRD  65  89  67  92 /  80  10  10  10
HYR  65  88  62  93 /  80  20  10  10
ASX  63  82  60  89 /  80  20  10  10

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...EOM
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 9:57 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
817 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

WIZ002-080200-
BAYFIELD-
817 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BAYFIELD COUNTY...

AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRON RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INO BY 830 PM...
  MASON AND BENOIT BY 840 PM...

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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4652 9093 4632 9104 4647 9152 4664 9143

KK
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
850 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

WIZ001-002-007-008-080245-
BAYFIELD-DOUGLAS-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
850 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BAYFIELD COUNTY...

AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CABLE TO 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASCOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOTAGATIC FLOWAGE...  CABLE...              NELSON LAKE...
  STANBERRY...          SPRINGBROOK...        SPRINGBROOK...
  HAYWARD...            LOST LAND LAKE...     TEAL LAKE...
  LITTLE ROUND LAKE...  NORTHWOODS BEACH...   CHIPPEWA LAKE...
  STONE LAKE...         CHIEF LAKE...         RESERVE...

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 4587 9085 4569 9144 4616 9190 4633 9130

KK
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
859 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

MNZ033>036-038-WIZ001-006-007-080300-
BURNETT-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-SOUTH
CASS-WASHBURN-
859 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES...EASTWARD TO THE ST
CROIX RIVER VALLEY...

AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LEADER TO CAMP LAKE TO WEBSTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 10 PM INCLUDE...
  NORTH LONG LAKE...    WOODROW...            LAKE SHORE...
  MILLE LACS LAKE...    NISSWA...             LEGIONVILLE...
  GARRISON...           CLOVERDALE...         YELLOWLAKE...
  MERRIFIELD...         LAKE HUBERT...        FRIESLAND...
  EDWARD LAKE...        BAY LAKE...           RIVERTON...

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 4652 9478 4670 9375 4636 9288 4603 9154
      4593 9154 4581 9233 4600 9307 4615 9306
      4615 9343 4624 9345 4623 9379 4618 9382

LONKA
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
949 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

MNZ035-080330-
NORTHERN AITKIN-
949 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN AITKIN COUNTY...

AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SWATARA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 1030 PM INCLUDE...
  LIBBY...              JACOBSON...           BALL BLUFF...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4702 9313 4702 9307 4704 9306 4705 9301
      4702 9300 4702 9306 4679 9306 4673 9373
      4691 9378

LONKA
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:58 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing92 min
Aug 7, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing56 min
Aug 7, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing48 min
Aug 7, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing, Pine61 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing39 min
Aug 7, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass38 min
Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin41 min
Aug 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine51 min
Aug 7, 10:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCarlton, Saint Louis3 hr
Aug 7, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton16 min
Aug 7, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH87 min
Aug 8, 5:26 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Saint Louis4 hr
Aug 8, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching44 min
Aug 7, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield43 min
Aug 7, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer55 min
Aug 7, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSawyer35 min
Aug 7, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSawyer48 min
Aug 7, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas32 min
Aug 7, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas26 min
Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield50 min
Aug 7, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Price, Sawyer40 min
Aug 7, 11:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHPrice, Sawyer6 hr
Aug 7, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn37 min
Aug 8, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn42 min
Aug 8, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice77 min
Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHPrice, Sawyer3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.