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Wind Chill Advisory 13, NWS Duluth, MN

January 30, 201410 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 30, 2014, 3:40 AM CST for 10 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2014, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 636 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
636 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
683 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 8:18 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDLHPine19 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.