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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 502 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-030930- 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- 502 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH STORMS LINGERING OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...WALKER...LEECH LAKE...AND INTERNATIONAL FALLS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TWIN PORTS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THEY WILL SPREAD EAST INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. LSZ121-140>148-030930- 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- 502 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...WITH SOME STORMS STRONG TO SEVERE. GRANING MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
930 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
MNZ037-WIZ001-021445-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
930 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ST.
LOUIS...SOUTHEASTERN CARLTON AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 929 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR DULUTH...TO NEAR NEMADJI...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DULUTH...SUPERIOR...HERMANTOWN...PROCTOR...CARLTON...MAHTOWA...
OLIVER...WRENSHALL...HOLYOKE...THOMSON...FOXBORO...WISCONSIN POINT...
IRVING...PLEASANT VALLEY...BILLINGS PARK...EAST HILLSIDE...DENFELD...
LINCOLN PARK...ESKO AND MORGAN PARK.
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR ONE OF THE MANY AREA LAKES...GET OFF OF THE
WATER IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER ON SHORE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4653 9264 4684 9216 4678 9202 4672 9195
4673 9193 4672 9191 4642 9234 4642 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 301DEG 31KT 4676 9215 4651 9252
STEWARTSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 9:45 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
945 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
WIZ001-021500-
DOUGLAS-
945 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY...
AT 944 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR SUPERIOR...TO NEAR OLIVER...TO 7 MILES WEST OF SOUTH
RANGE...TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOXBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WISCONSIN POINT AROUND 950 AM CDT.
SOUTH RANGE AROUND 955 AM CDT.
HAWTHORNE...MAPLE AND POPLAR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AROUND 1000 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE PARK
POINT...PATTISON STATE PARK...LYMAN
LAKE...CLOVERLAND...WENTWORTH...AMNICON FALLS STATE PARK AND AMNICON
LAKE.
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4654 9229 4659 9229 4664 9217 4676 9210
4674 9198 4672 9195 4673 9185 4670 9164
4656 9171 4651 9177 4644 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 285DEG 28KT 4672 9206 4665 9209 4659 9213 4656
9223
G2Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1000 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
WIZ001-002-021545-
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-
1000 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL BAYFIELD
AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 1000 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES EAST OF WISCONSIN POINT...TO 6 MILES WEST OF POPLAR IN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...TO NEAR SOUTH RANGE...TO 9 MILES WEST OF
HAWTHORNE... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
POPLAR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AROUND 1010 AM CDT.
HAWTHORNE AND MAPLE AROUND 1015 AM CDT.
LAKE NEBAGAMON AND OULU AROUND 1030 AM CDT.
BRULE AROUND 1035 AM CDT.
IRON RIVER AROUND 1045 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CLOVERLAND...WAINO... WENTWORTH...BLUEBERRY AND AMNICON FALLS STATE
PARK.
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4671 9130 4653 9131 4645 9142 4644 9159
4654 9210 4661 9203 4670 9195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 273DEG 30KT 4668 9186 4661 9192 4656 9197 4655
9204
G2The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 5 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 14 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 6 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 6:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Chisago | 10 min |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Chisago | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Chisago | 13 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Bayfield | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 37 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.