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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 3:28 PM CDT for Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2011, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Itasca County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 322 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 5, 6:58 PM CDT, 20 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:58 PM CDT, 20 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:54 PM CDT, 23 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 354 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-061030- 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- 354 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IRON RANGE EAST TO NEAR LITTLE MARAIS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL SUNDOWN. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM BALL CLUB TO INTERNATIONAL FALLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY REACHING NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TO THE LEFT OF A LINE FROM BIGFORK TO DULUTH AND FROM SOLON SPRINGS TO EDGEWATER WISCONSIN. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IF THE STORMS OVER THE IRON RANGE GET STRONGER...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LSZ121-140>148-061030- 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- 354 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE NORTH OF SILVER BAY INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY. GSF MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 42 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 39 min | |
| Aug 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 56 min | |
| Aug 6, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron, Price | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 65 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.