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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN

June 22, 2015Pine County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2015, 3:52 AM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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 22, 2015, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
23 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 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 22, 3:41 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:41 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
257 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

MNZ034-036-220815-
SOUTH AITKIN-CROW WING-
257 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN AITKIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN CROW WING COUNTIES...

AT 257 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR WOODROW...OR 11
MILES EAST OF BRAINERD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSBY...DEERWOOD...CUYUNA...WEALTHWOOD...GARRISON...PINE CENTER...
SHEPHARD...CEDAR LAKE...BAY LAKE...CAMP LAKE...FARM ISLAND LAKE...
ERSKIN LAKE AND SOUTH LONG LAKE.

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4656 9384 4627 9356 4624 9365 4624 9380
      4619 9381 4615 9393 4615 9411 4628 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 231DEG 40KT 4636 9396

HUYCK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:11 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
311 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

MNZ034>038-220915-
CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-
PINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRAINERD...BAXTER...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...PINE CITY...SANDSTONE...HINCKLEY...ROCK CREEK
311 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...

AT 311 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE BRAINERD
LAKES...AND ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
LAKE MILLE LACS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

HUYCK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:47 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
347 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

MNZ036-038-220900-
SOUTH AITKIN-PINE-
347 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN AITKIN AND WEST
CENTRAL PINE COUNTIES...

AT 347 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR QUAMBA...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HINCKLEY...BROOK PARK AND FRIESLAND.

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4598 9315 4598 9305 4616 9305 4616 9317
      4623 9309 4603 9284 4590 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 228DEG 26KT 4600 9319

HUYCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHMorrison15 min
Jun 22, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHMorrison17 min
Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing18 min
Jun 22, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine13 min
Jun 22, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine27 min
Jun 22, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton36 min
Jun 22, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton16 min
Jun 22, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH44 min
Jun 22, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH36 min
Jun 22, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH59 min
Jun 22, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine15 min
Jun 22, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake29 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake15 min
Jun 22, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas26 min
Jun 22, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas27 min
Jun 22, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas44 min
Jun 22, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas13 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett11 min
Jun 22, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett27 min
Jun 22, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas23 min
Jun 22, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett12 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn36 min
Jun 22, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn32 min
Jun 22, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer16 min
Jun 22, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer13 min
Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice25 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice16 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice13 min

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.