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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 7:09 PM CDT for Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2016, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Burnett County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 16, 6:44 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:44 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 350 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-171115- KOOCHICHING-NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTH ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-NORTH CASS-SOUTH ITASCA-SOUTH CASS- CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTH AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS- PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 350 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHLAND. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. LSZ121-140>148-171115- 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- 350 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER STORMS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. INCREASING NORTH WINDS COULD RESULT IN BUILDING WAVES SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE AND THE HEAD OF THE LAKE. LE MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 WIZ009-162230- PRICE- 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL PRICE COUNTY... AT 520 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TRIPOLI...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL PRICE COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4550 9015 4562 9005 4546 9004 4540 9005 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 310DEG 11KT 4552 9005 DAP
Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 19 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 27 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.