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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

April 9, 2011Price County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT for Price County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 9, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Price County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 9, 2:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
404 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-102230-
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-
404 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TONIGHT AND TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE AT TIMES...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HAIL...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A BRAINERD TO PHILLIPS LINE. WITH THE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT...THERE IS ALSO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF FLOODING
ACROSS THE NORTHLAND. CHECK THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL
EXIST SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION TO TWO HARBORS...INCLUDING ALL OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND THE TWIN PORTS. THE THREATS FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL HAVE A CONTINUED RISK OF
FLOODING THROUGH THE PERIOD AS RECENT SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL
MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA..

LSZ121-140>148-102230-
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-
404 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 25 KNOTS ON MONDAY ON THE BACK
SIDE OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
MAY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR
ON MONDAY.

KK

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 1:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDLHCrow Wing, Morrison8 days
Apr 9, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDLHAitkin13 days
Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice72 min
Apr 9, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.