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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

June 3, 2011Ashland County, Bayfield County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2011, 8:48 PM CDT for Ashland County, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 11 min. 1 report 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: Jun 3, 2011, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2011, 8:59 PM CDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 8:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Red Cliff, WI	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 274 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: 2035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

663 
WFUS53 KDLH 040148
TORDLH
WIC003-007-040215-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0008.110604T0148Z-110604T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
848 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN BAYFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAYFIELD...
  OR 16 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MADELINE ISLAND BY 855 PM...
  OAK ISLAND BY 900 PM...
  STOCKTON ISLAND BY 910 PM...
  MICHIGAN ISLAND BY 915 PM...

IF YOU ARE IN BAYFIELD TAKE COVER NOW!!!!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4693 9052 4689 9043 4686 9050 4692 9052
      4689 9065 4684 9071 4688 9060 4685 9056
      4672 9082 4682 9074 4682 9077 4675 9086
      4671 9083 4669 9091 4686 9100 4697 9056
      4700 9054 4697 9051 4704 9039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 249DEG 35KT 4681 9083

$$
 MILLER

1 follow-up statement

666 
WWUS53 KDLH 040159
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
859 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

WIC003-007-040207-
/O.CAN.KDLH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110604T0215Z/
ASHLAND WI-BAYFIELD WI-
859 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BAYFIELD AND NORTH CENTRAL
ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN 
BAYFIELD AND NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AS THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OVER 
THE COLD WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THEREFORE... THE TORNADO WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 
AREA.  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND WINDS UP TO 70 MPH 
CAN BE EXPECTED IN RED CLIFF AND THE APOSTLE ISLANDS.

LAT...LON 4693 9052 4689 9043 4686 9050 4692 9052
      4689 9065 4684 9071 4688 9060 4685 9056
      4672 9082 4682 9074 4682 9077 4675 9086
      4671 9083 4669 9091 4686 9100 4697 9056
      4700 9054 4697 9051 4704 9039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 249DEG 35KT 4682 9070

$$
 MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	10 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield	46 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield	50 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	15 min
Jun 3, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Price, Sawyer	24 min
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	20 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.