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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Duluth, MN

May 30, 2011Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 12:29 PM CDT for Sawyer County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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: May 30, 2011, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 307 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -800 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 326 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 May 30, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:56 AM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
456 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-311000-
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-
456 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND THIS MORNING...THEN REDEVELOP AGAIN
LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. A FEW
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE BRAINERD LAKES AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND. SOME STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-311000-
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-
456 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GENERATE BUILDING WAVES TODAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND THIS MORNING...REDEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT. FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SOME
STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

GRANING

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 9:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 9:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:45 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1145 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

WIZ006>008-301700-
BURNETT-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
1145 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY...

AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELL LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHELL LAKE...         SPOONER LAKE...       SPOONER...
  SARONA...

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4565 9217 4571 9217 4588 9198 4595 9158
      4580 9132 4563 9158 4563 9215

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Special weather statement, May 30, 12:12 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

WIZ006>008-301730-
BURNETT-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
1212 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN MOVING TOWARD THE HAYWARD LAKES
AREA...

AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARRONETT TO NEAR SARONA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TREGO...              EARL...               BIRCHWOOD...
  LITTLE SISSABAGAMA LAKE...                  SPRINGBROOK...
  EDGEWATER...          STONE LAKE...         EDGEWATER...
  RESERVE...            NORTHWOODS BEACH...   LITTLE ROUND LAKE...
  COUDERAY...           CHIEF LAKE...

STORMS WILL REACH THE HAYWARD LAKES AREA AND THE CHIPPEWA FLOWAGE
BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 PM.

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4565 9217 4570 9217 4585 9202 4608 9135
      4584 9107 4563 9133 4563 9215

 MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	33 min
May 30, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	22 min
May 30, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine	26 min
May 30, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Cass	26 min
May 30, 6:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	24 min
May 30, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	41 min
May 30, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	31 min
May 30, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	21 min
May 30, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	25 min
May 30, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		62 min
May 30, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	25 min
May 30, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	25 min
May 30, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	28 min
May 30, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	30 min
May 30, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	14 min
May 30, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Burnett	27 min
May 30, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	13 min
May 30, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	36 min
May 30, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	30 min
May 30, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield	40 min
May 30, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Iron	34 min
May 30, 7:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	27 min
May 30, 8:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	24 min
May 30, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	21 min
May 30, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	33 min
May 30, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland	12 min
May 30, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn	36 min
May 30, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Sawyer	28 min
May 30, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	22 min
May 30, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	15 min
May 30, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	18 min
May 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer	38 min
May 30, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	12 min
May 30, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Sawyer	37 min
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Iron	6 hr

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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.