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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2014, 8:21 PM CDT for Ashland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2014, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Ashland County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 7, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 342 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-081030- 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- 342 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA EASTWARD TO THE SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY AND HAYWARD LAKES VICINITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON..MANLY EAST OF AN INTERNATIONAL FALLS TO CLOQUET TO SIREN LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-081030- 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- 342 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. TENTINGER 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 7, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 655 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 WIZ001-002-080030- BAYFIELD-DOUGLAS- 655 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...STRONG STORM OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWTHORNE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BENNETT BY 705 PM... LAKE NEBAGAMON BY 715 PM... BARNES BY 730 PM... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4651 9128 4627 9135 4640 9207 4658 9202 DAP
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 700 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 MNZ011-012-019-080030- CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- 700 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...STRONG STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAHLSTEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BEAR HEAD LAKE STATE PARK AND ROBINSON BY 710 PM... RIDGE BY 720 PM... BABBITT BY 725 PM... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4779 9147 4742 9171 4763 9241 4794 9224 DAP
Local storm report, Jul 7, 7:25 PM CDT, 56 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 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 43 min | |
| Jul 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron | 25 min |
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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.