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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN

May 24, 2012Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2012, 2:06 PM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
May 24, 2012, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

822 
WUUS53 KDLH 241906
SVRDLH
MNC115-WIC013-031-241945-
/O.NEW.KDLH.SV.W.0013.120524T1906Z-120524T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
206 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  BURNETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  RANDALL...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF HINCKLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLOVERDALE AROUND 220 PM CDT...
  GRANTSBURG AROUND 230 PM CDT...
  DUXBURY AROUND 230 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4567 9289 4573 9288 4574 9310 4636 9255
      4622 9195 4615 9201 4615 9205 4611 9205
      4574 9242 4572 9244 4572 9252 4564 9254
      4564 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 204DEG 63KT 4579 9276
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

STEWART
3 follow-up statements
639 
WWUS53 KDLH 241917
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
217 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

MNC115-WIC013-031-241945-
/O.CON.KDLH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120524T1945Z/
PINE MN-BURNETT WI-DOUGLAS WI-
217 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS...BURNETT AND PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTH OF GRANTSBURG...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINCKLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DUXBURY AROUND 230 PM CDT.
  KINGSDALE AROUND 235 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4567 9289 4573 9288 4574 9310 4636 9255
      4622 9195 4615 9201 4615 9205 4611 9205
      4574 9242 4572 9244 4572 9252 4564 9254
      4564 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 204DEG 63KT 4597 9265
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

STEWART
024 
WWUS53 KDLH 241935
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
235 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

MNC115-WIC013-031-241945-
/O.CON.KDLH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120524T1945Z/
PINE MN-BURNETT WI-DOUGLAS WI-
235 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS...BURNETT AND PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DUXBURY...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALPHA AND ST. CROIX STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4567 9289 4573 9288 4574 9310 4636 9255
      4622 9195 4615 9201 4615 9205 4611 9205
      4574 9242 4572 9244 4572 9252 4564 9254
      4564 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 204DEG 63KT 4624 9247
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
STEWART
760 
WWUS53 KDLH 241939
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
239 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

MNC115-WIC013-031-241949-
/O.EXP.KDLH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120524T1945Z/
PINE MN-BURNETT WI-DOUGLAS WI-
239 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS...BURNETT
AND PINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4567 9289 4573 9288 4574 9310 4636 9255
      4622 9195 4615 9201 4615 9205 4611 9205
      4574 9242 4572 9244 4572 9252 4564 9254
      4564 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 204DEG 63KT 4632 9242

$$

STEWART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton, Saint Louis44 min
May 23, 10:40 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryDLHAitkin12 hr
May 23, 10:40 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryDLHCrow Wing, Morrison12 hr
May 23, 10:40 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryDLHPine36 hr
May 24, 9:56 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH30 hr
May 24, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDLHAitkin19 days
May 24, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine28 min
May 24, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH59 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCarlton, Pine, Saint Louis6 hr
May 24, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer41 min
May 24, 3:39 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDLHIron, Price14 hr
May 24, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Sawyer33 min
May 24, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn25 min
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer38 min
May 24, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield34 min
May 24, 10:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer, Washburn35 min
May 24, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas41 min
May 24, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn33 min
May 24, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn28 min
May 24, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer28 min
May 24, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield27 min
May 24, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron23 min
May 24, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas21 min
May 24, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron31 min
May 24, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Washburn24 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn36 min
May 24, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn39 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn31 min
May 24, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer33 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn42 min
May 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice45 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice, Sawyer41 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Iron, Price, Sawyer5 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.