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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Duluth, MN

July 19, 2011Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 8:27 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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
Jul 19, 2011, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5144 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
5144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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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 Jul 19, 6:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
439 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-201030-
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-
439 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY
BE SEVERE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM MAY AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE
WINNIBIGOSHISH TO PINE CITY YET THIS MORNING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND.

HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE NORTHLAND...EXCEPT THE ARROWHEAD. HEAT INDICES WILL BE HIGHEST
OVER SOUTHERN AREAS TODAY. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE AND
FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE OVER FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA
WEDNESDAY AND OVER ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE NORTHLAND THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY.

HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTHLAND. HEAT INDICES WILL BE HIGHEST OVER SOUTHERN
AREAS TODAY. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE AND FORECAST FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST
LIKELY TIME WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-201030-
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-
357 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PERIODICALLY THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD...WITH A BREAK THURSDAY.

MELDE

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, Jul 19, 6:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWadena115 min
Jul 19, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing60 min
Jul 19, 7:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCass, Crow Wing3 hr
Jul 19, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Crow Wing15 min
Jul 19, 7:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing42 min
Jul 19, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine35 min
Jul 19, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass37 min
Jul 19, 10:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca23 min
Jul 19, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca51 min
Jul 19, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca32 min
Jul 19, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis49 min
Jul 19, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Itasca42 min
Jul 19, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton33 min
Jul 19, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis58 min
Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine, Saint Louis46 min
Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine27 min
Jul 19, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca58 min
Jul 19, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton52 min
Jul 19, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine46 min
Jul 19, 4:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHItasca6 hr
Jul 19, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine49 min
Jul 19, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine14 min
Jul 19, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine32 min
Jul 19, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHPine27 min
Jul 19, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn41 min
Jul 19, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn46 min
Jul 19, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn33 min
Jul 19, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice19 min

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.