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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2015, 2:29 PM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 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
- Jun 29, 2015, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 2:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pine County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Jun 29, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 422 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-301130- 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- 422 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WALKER...TO GRAND RAPIDS...TO TWO HARBORS IN MINNESOTA...AND WEST OF A PORT WING TO WINTER LINE IN WISCONSIN. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR EXTREME NORTHERN AREAS OF THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...AND FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LSZ121-140>148-301130- 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- 422 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AT THE WESTERN TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR...NEAR THE PORTS OF DULUTH AND SUPERIOR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...AND FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. DAP MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 57 min | |
| Jun 29, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 46 min | |
| Jun 29, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 10 min |
| Jun 29, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 36 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 19 min |
| Jun 29, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 32 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 42 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 7 min |
| Jun 29, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 19 min |
| Jun 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 15 min | |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 12 min |
| Jun 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 8 min |
| Jun 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 8 min |
| Jun 29, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 8 min |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 11 min |
| Jun 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Bayfield | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 19 min |
| Jun 29, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Bayfield | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 16 min |
| Jun 29, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 13 min |
| Jun 29, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 8 min |
| Jun 29, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 12 min |
| Jun 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Sawyer | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 10 min |
| Jun 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 12 min |
| Jun 29, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 10 min |
| Jun 29, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 12 min |
| Jun 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 9 min |
| Jun 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 9 min |
| Jun 29, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 18 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.