Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 6:24 PM CDT for Burnett County, Sawyer County, Washburn 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
- May 19, 2013, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Burnett County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 321 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 19, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-201100- 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- 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL BE FOUND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MINNESOTA...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE FOUND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF PROCTOR...THE MILLER HILL IN DULUTH...AND ALONG THE PATTISON RIDGE SOUTH OF SUPERIOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING. STRONG...TO POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A PINE CITY MINNESOTA TO PHILLIPS WISCONSIN LINE MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN MONDAY. LSZ121-140>148-201100- 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- 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS...AND BUILDING WAVE HEIGHTS...WILL PERSIST OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NEARSHORE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERSISTENT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. GRANING 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, May 19, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
512 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MNZ038-WIZ006>008-192330-
BURNETT-PINE-SAWYER-WASHBURN-
512 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A LINE OF STORMS APPROACHING THE HAYWARD LAKES AREA...
AT 459 PM CDT...A LINE OF STORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES
METRO...OR ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYWARD WISCONSIN.
AT THE CURRENT SPEED AND TRACK...THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVE INTO THE
AREAS OF SIREN...SPOONER...AND WINTER IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AROUND
600 PM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE
DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4572 9218 4572 9252 4564 9254 4564 9288
4573 9288 4573 9315 4579 9315 4600 9291
4585 9088 4563 9101 4563 9215
GRANING/MCLOVINLocal storm report, May 19, 5:27 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
527 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0526 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW HINCKLEY 46.00N 92.95W
05/19/2013 M0.90 INCH PINE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL IN 10 MINUTES.
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SCWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 25 min |
| May 19, 4:19 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 4 days | |
| May 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 41 min |
| May 19, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn | 78 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 28 min |
| May 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 42 min |
| May 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer | 42 min |
| May 19, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 33 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.