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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Carlton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2011, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 1:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 250 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-021800- 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- 250 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...EARLY THIS MORNING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO SUPERIOR TO IRONWOOD. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE LATE MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS MORNING. LSZ121-140>148-021800- 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- 250 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...EARLY THIS MORNING A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY THIS MORNING...MAINLY FROM SUPERIOR TO SAXON HARBOR. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. TENTINGER MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT, 2 hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 333 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 MNZ035>037-WIZ001-020900- CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN- 333 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER AITKIN AND CARLTON COUNTIES... AT 331 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WALDECK TO CROMWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAWYER... MAHTOWA... SCANLON... WRENSHALL... THOMSON... SCOTTS CORNER... PLEASANT VALLEY... ESKO... CARLTON... GARY NEW DULUTH... NEW DULUTH... FOND DU LAC... PATZAU... OLIVER... FOXBORO... 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 4668 9210 4646 9215 4659 9375 4682 9369 KK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 12 min |
| Aug 1, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 18 min |
| Aug 1, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Carlton | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Pine | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 48 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas, Sawyer | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron, Price, Sawyer | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Price, Sawyer | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price, Sawyer | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 51 min |
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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.