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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Duluth, MN

September 4, 2012Ashland County, Bayfield County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT for Ashland County, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 4, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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 2012-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1446 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 2012-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 4, 4:16 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:16 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
416 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

.SHORT TERM...LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY IS SHOWING A
FAIRLY POTENT SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHLAND THIS
AFTERNOON. ISOLD STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE TROUGH
AXIS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KINL TO KMZH TO KRZN.
THERE IS THAT SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DUE TO THE DEGREE OF
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS...WITH THE SPC MESOSCALE
ANALYSIS SHOWING MUCAPE VALUES RANGING FROM 1000-2000 J/KG. FOR
FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO SWODY1 AND SWOMCD ISSUED BY THE
SPC. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER 8 OR 9 PM...WITH
A RESPITE IN THE PRECIP EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS BASICALLY THE SAME AREA
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CWA. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE EAST OF OUR CWA BY
NOON WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. BUT WITH
CYCLONIC NWRLY FLOW ALOFT...THERE WILL BE A CHC OF SHOWERS ACROSS
OUR NRN ZONES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. COOLER AIR WILL
ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHLAND AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
WITH THE LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT EXPECTED IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WEAK COLD FRONT IN NWLY FLOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHLAND
THURSDAY AND THUR NIGHT...AND PRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE
CONTENT...THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT. A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BEGINNING FRI NIGHT...AND
PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL INITIALLY
BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COOLER AIR MASS...BUT EVENTUALLY DRAW UP A
WARMER AIR MASS FROM THE SOUTH AS THE RIDGE AXIS SLIDES TO THE
EAST AND THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SLY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
START OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON THUR...BUT QUICKLY DROP INTO
THE 60S FOR HIGHS BY FRI AND SAT. THEN BY SUN AND MON...HIGH TEMPS
JUMP BACK INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO
THE 40S FRI...SAT AND SUN MORNING WITH LOWER 50S BY MON MORNING.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE NORTHLAND WITH A FEW STORMS STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE.
ALREADY SEEING SOME CONVECTION IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDED TEMPO GRPS TO INL HIB DLH AND HYR THIS AFTERNOON
FOR -TSRA...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY WED MORNING. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND DLH
TONIGHT AS WELL AS LLWS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT AND SHOWERS/STORMS
MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE W/NW WED MORNING BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 KT POSSIBLE.

&&

.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  57  72  50  72 /  50  40  10  20
INL  51  70  44  67 /  40  30  20  20
BRD  56  74  48  75 /  50  40   0  10
HYR  56  75  44  75 /  60  60  10  10
ASX  56  76  49  74 /  50  60  10  20

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...BERDES
LONG TERM....TENTINGER
AVIATION...TENTINGER
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 8:24 AM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
824 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-051030-
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-
824 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHLAND TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY OVER THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-051030-
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-
824 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE ACROSS
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

BERDES

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
330 PM CDT TUE SEP 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             3 E ORR                 48.06N 92.76W
09/04/2012  E0.75 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS REPORTED.

&&

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:31 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
431 PM CDT TUE SEP 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0421 PM     HAIL             8 NE COOK               47.93N 92.57W
09/04/2012  E1.00 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BTENTING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching22 min
Sep 4, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis36 min
Sep 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis40 min
Sep 4, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis45 min
Sep 4, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis42 min
Sep 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis46 min
Sep 4, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH36 min
Sep 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake, Saint Louis31 min
Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake34 min
Sep 4, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake30 min
Sep 4, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH34 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice27 min
Sep 4, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland22 min
Sep 4, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice33 min
Sep 4, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland44 min
Sep 4, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.