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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Duluth, MN

August 2, 2015Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2015, 1:46 AM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2015, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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 Aug 2, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 9:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:51 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:14 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	21 min
Aug 2, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	24 min
Aug 2, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	16 min
Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	12 min
Aug 2, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	11 min
Aug 2, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		14 min
Aug 2, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	28 min
Aug 2, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	24 min
Aug 2, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	33 min
Aug 2, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	30 min
Aug 2, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	30 min
Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	13 min
Aug 2, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	13 min
Aug 2, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	29 min
Aug 2, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		40 min
Aug 2, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	29 min
Aug 2, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	27 min
Aug 2, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	29 min
Aug 2, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	44 min
Aug 2, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	13 min
Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	16 min
Aug 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	15 min
Aug 2, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	36 min
Aug 2, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn	49 min
Aug 2, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	36 min
Aug 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	25 min
Aug 2, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	45 min
Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	34 min
Aug 2, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	29 min
Aug 2, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	32 min
Aug 2, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	15 min
Aug 2, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Price	23 min
Aug 2, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	25 min
Aug 2, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Douglas, Washburn	28 min
Aug 2, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn	37 min
Aug 2, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Price, Sawyer	42 min
Aug 2, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	14 min
Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	48 min
Aug 2, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	10 min
Aug 2, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland	27 min
Aug 2, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	31 min
Aug 2, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	23 min
Aug 2, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	35 min
Aug 2, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	14 min
Aug 2, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.