Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 17, 2014, 4:41 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2014, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2014, 3:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing 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, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 17, 4:23 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:23 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 3:21 PM CDT, 13 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 321 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-171130- 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- 321 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHLAND TONIGHT. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE BORDERLAND AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD...WHERE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE...FOR EVENT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A CORRIDOR OF HEAVY SNOW TO A PORTION OF THE NORTHLAND. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A HIGH LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY INTO THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST AS THIS SYSTEM EVOLVES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STEWART 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:41 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Price | 5 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.