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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

June 20, 2012Aitkin County, Carlton County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2012, 5:49 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Carlton County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 20, 2012, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2012, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 3249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.4
Supercell composite: 29.2

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 4:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
433 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-211030-
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-
433 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SIGNIFICANT LIFE THREATENING FLOOD EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE TWIN PORTS...NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE TWIN PORTS EARLY THIS
MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHLAND
TODAY. DUE TO UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...RAINFALL
RATES AT TIMES WILL APPROACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TO BE EXACERBATED BY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
EAST OF A LINE FROM SIREN TO BAYFIELD WISCONSIN. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-211030-
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-
433 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS
AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OVER THE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

CANNON

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:42 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		11 min
Jun 19, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	23 min
Jun 19, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		43 min
Jun 19, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake	5 hr
Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		59 min
Jun 19, 8:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis	4 hr
Jun 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	16 min
Jun 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	22 min
Jun 19, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		41 min
Jun 19, 9:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	3 hr
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	19 min
Jun 19, 11:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	17 hr
Jun 20, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	12 hr
Jun 20, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		94 min
Jun 20, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton	61 min
Jun 20, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	32 min
Jun 20, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	51 min
Jun 20, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	58 min
Jun 20, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	59 min
Jun 20, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Carlton	8 days
Jun 20, 9:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	45 min
Jun 20, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	42 min
Jun 20, 10:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	12 hr
Jun 20, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton	25 min
Jun 20, 10:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	39 min
Jun 20, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	36 min
Jun 20, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		48 min
Jun 20, 11:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca	48 hr
Jun 20, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	42 min
Jun 20, 12:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Lake, Pine and 1 more	48 hr
Jun 20, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		52 min
Jun 20, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		30 min
Jun 20, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	48 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	24 min
Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	17 min
Jun 19, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	50 min
Jun 20, 12:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas	12 hr
Jun 20, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas	67 min
Jun 20, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer	64 min
Jun 20, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield	44 min
Jun 20, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Sawyer, Washburn	56 min
Jun 20, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron, Price, Sawyer	43 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Sawyer	55 min
Jun 20, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron, Price	63 min
Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	57 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Price, Sawyer	3 hr

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.