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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

August 2, 2011Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 2:21 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2011, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 3:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSolon Springs, WIMANY TREES DOWN IN THE VILLAGE.
Aug 2, 3:03 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 47Minong, WIMINONG RAWS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2011-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2011-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-595 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
808 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

446 
WWUS83 KDLH 020721
SPSDLH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
221 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

MNZ037-038-WIZ001-002-006-007-020800-
BAYFIELD-BURNETT-CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-PINE-WASHBURN-
221 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING TWIN 
PORTS REGION...SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST 
WISCONSIN...

AT 214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HERMANTOWN TO
FOXBORO TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUXBURY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 
RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DULUTH...             BELDEN...             MARKVILLE...
  KINGSDALE...          CLOVERTON...          SUPERIOR...
  CHAFFEY...            SOUTH RANGE...        PALMERS...
  FRENCH RIVER...       RIVERSIDE...          MOOSE JUNCTION...
  COZY CORNER...        WENTWORTH...          HAWTHORNE...


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. MINOR 
FLOODING OF ROAD SIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS IS ALSO 
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS.

LAT...LON 4611 9292 4699 9246 4693 9182 4679 9207
      4673 9204 4669 9196 4670 9182 4677 9160
      4676 9153 4680 9138 4685 9131 4686 9124
      4640 9135 4604 9170

$$

BERDES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin40 min
Aug 1, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing26 min
Aug 1, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin12 min
Aug 1, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin23 min
Aug 1, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca33 min
Aug 1, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine16 min
Aug 1, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton23 min
Aug 1, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca36 min
Aug 1, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin37 min
Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton18 min
Aug 1, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton30 min
Aug 1, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass42 min
Aug 1, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton29 min
Aug 1, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca42 min
Aug 1, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca6 hr
Aug 1, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching27 min
Aug 1, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis29 min
Aug 1, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca28 min
Aug 2, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton35 min
Aug 2, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass, Itasca35 min
Aug 2, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis4 hr
Aug 2, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis23 min
Aug 2, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing29 min
Aug 2, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis29 min
Aug 2, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Crow Wing30 min
Aug 2, 1:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHSaint Louis3 hr
Aug 2, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton, Pine24 min
Aug 2, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin34 min
Aug 2, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine29 min
Aug 2, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton27 min
Aug 2, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine34 min
Aug 2, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton23 min
Aug 2, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton26 min
Aug 2, 5:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCarlton3 hr
Aug 2, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Pine4 hr
Aug 2, 6:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHPine6 hr
Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine33 min
Aug 2, 11:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Pine4 hr
Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Pine24 hr
Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Pine48 hr
Aug 1, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn34 min
Aug 1, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn39 min
Aug 1, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas28 min
Aug 1, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn47 min
Aug 1, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas41 min
Aug 1, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Sawyer60 min
Aug 2, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas56 min
Aug 2, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas41 min
Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas42 min
Aug 2, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas30 min
Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn67 min
Aug 2, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer37 min
Aug 2, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price, Sawyer49 min
Aug 2, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn25 min
Aug 2, 4:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice36 min
Aug 2, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn59 min
Aug 2, 7:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas38 min
Aug 2, 8:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn26 min
Aug 2, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice53 min
Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn47 min
Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron58 min
Aug 2, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron56 min
Aug 2, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer35 min
Aug 2, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn39 min
Aug 2, 10:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHPrice, Sawyer6 hr
Aug 2, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice, Sawyer51 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice51 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.