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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

August 2, 2016Pine County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 3:49 PM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Pine County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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What forecasters said that day

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, 3:30 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

WIZ001-002-021600-
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL BAYFIELD AND
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1015 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MAPLE...OR 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SUPERIOR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRULE AND OULU AROUND 1025 AM CDT.
  IRON RIVER AROUND 1035 AM CDT.
  INO AROUND 1055 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE CLOVERLAND...WAINO...
WENTWORTH...MOQUAH AND BLUEBERRY.

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

LAT...LON 4652 9194 4669 9183 4663 9105 4636 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 281DEG 35KT 4658 9172

G2
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
305 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

MNZ038-WIZ006-022015-
PINE-BURNETT-
305 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PINE AND WEST
CENTRAL BURNETT COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PINE CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN PINE
AND WEST CENTRAL BURNETT COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 4570 9283 4571 9287 4573 9285 4573 9291
      4579 9308 4588 9301 4585 9271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 291DEG 16KT 4581 9294

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching29 min
Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching28 min
Aug 1, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching44 min
Aug 1, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching49 min
Aug 2, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH5 min
Aug 2, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH14 min
Aug 2, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca43 min
Aug 2, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca6 min
Aug 2, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca34 min
Aug 2, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca41 min
Aug 2, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis44 min
Aug 2, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis39 min
Aug 2, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake47 min
Aug 2, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake41 min
Aug 2, 6:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis6 hr
Aug 2, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton15 min
Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHChisago10 min
Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHChisago15 min
Aug 2, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine22 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHChisago13 min
Aug 2, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield39 min
Aug 2, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas15 min
Aug 2, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas45 min
Aug 2, 10:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield45 min
Aug 2, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett24 min
Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett29 min
Aug 2, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett36 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett37 min

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Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.