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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 3:39 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Koochiching County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 245 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 3:09 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:09 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 104 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-031045- 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- 104 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME WILL BE AFTER 4 PM...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. WEST TO NORTHWEST AREAS SUCH AS WALKER THROUGH INTERNATIONAL FALLS WILL MOST LIKELY SEE THE SEVERE STORMS INITIALLY...WITH THEM MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE NORTHLAND. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE BEACHES IN THE TWIN PORTS AREA. SEE THE SURFZONE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. VARIOUS FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY OVER ABOUT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NORTHLAND. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOME OF THE STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BE SEVERE...AND MORE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE WEEK. IT WILL BE A WARM AND HUMID WEEK...AND HEAT ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST AND MOST HUMID. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-031045- 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- 104 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD. 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, Jul 2, 3:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 50 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 16 min |
| Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 18 min |
| Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 19 min |
| Jul 2, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 13 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.