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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Duluth, MN

August 14, 2015Burnett County, Washburn County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2015, 5:06 PM CDT for Burnett County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 14, 2015, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Burnett County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2015-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1169 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2015-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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
Aug 14, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca9 min
Aug 14, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer9 min
Aug 14, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Price, Sawyer36 min
Aug 14, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer14 min
Aug 14, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer10 min
Aug 14, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice20 min
Aug 14, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer8 min
Aug 14, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer13 min
Aug 14, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer7 min
Aug 14, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn14 min
Aug 14, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer24 min
Aug 14, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn15 min
Aug 14, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer, Washburn18 min
Aug 14, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer29 min
Aug 14, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn12 min
Aug 14, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn12 min
Aug 14, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer10 min
Aug 14, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn37 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn14 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn16 min
Aug 14, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn14 min
Aug 14, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn27 min
Aug 14, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn29 min
Aug 14, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett31 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.