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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

June 10, 2012Itasca County, Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT for Itasca County, Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 10, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 631 W Kabetogama, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 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
1803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
30.3

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The text

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

700 
WWUS83 KDLH 110012
SPSDLH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
712 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

MNZ010-011-018>020-025-026-037-110100-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-KOOCHICHING-NORTH
CASS-NORTH ITASCA-NORTH ST. LOUIS-SOUTH ITASCA-SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH
SHORE-
712 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...

AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INTERNATIONAL FALLS
TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ISLAND VIEW AND TOIVOLA BY 720 PM...
  LINDEN GROVE AND KABETOGAMA BY 725 PM...
  ZIM AND PAYNE BY 730 PM...
  SHERMANS CORNER AND MOUNTAIN IRON BY 735 PM...
  VIRGINIA AND SHAW BY 740 PM...
  MCKINLEY AND MAKINEN BY 745 PM...
  MARKHAM AND BUYCK BY 750 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4866 9423 4864 9384 4853 9379 4854 9353
      4865 9322 4860 9306 4862 9296 4854 9264
      4846 9271 4845 9250 4824 9237 4825 9229
      4835 9229 4837 9218 4836 9205 4828 9200
      4825 9190 4702 9190 4705 9427 4871 9428

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine51 min
Jun 10, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass, Crow Wing37 min
Jun 10, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis50 min
Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine42 min
Jun 10, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis34 min
Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca41 min
Jun 10, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton55 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine37 min
Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca, Koochiching37 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton, Pine28 min
Jun 10, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton, Pine64 min
Jun 10, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis45 min
Jun 10, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine, Saint Louis34 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine33 min
Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake31 min
Jun 11, 9:46 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH23 hr
Jun 10, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas65 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.