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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 2:28 AM CDT for Cook County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Cook County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 413 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
- 271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 1, 6:26 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:26 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:21 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 421 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-021030- 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- 421 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHLAND. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. LSZ121-140>148-021030- 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- 421 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 50 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.