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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

September 6, 2016Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Lake County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

053 
WWUS83 KDLH 060708
SPSDLH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
208 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
 
MNZ012-019-020-060745-
SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN
LAKE-
208 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTH SHORE OF
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 205 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BABBITT...TO BOULDER LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IF OUTDOORS...BE ALERT FOR FALLING TREES AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ISABELLA AROUND 235 AM CDT. CASTLE
DANGER AROUND 240 AM CDT. SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK...CLEAR
LAKE AND BEAVER BAY AROUND 245 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE SAWBILL LANDING...
MURPHY CITY...PEQUAYWAN LAKE...PERENT LAKE...TETTEGOUCHE STATE
PARK...AND SEVEN BEAVER LAKE.

LAT...LON 4782 9107 4729 9117 4725 9121 4712 9140
      4703 9203 4772 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 257DEG 40KT 4766 9183 4705 9203 
$$

GRANING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH29 min
Sep 5, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton28 min
Sep 5, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis30 min
Sep 5, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton28 min
Sep 5, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake29 min
Sep 5, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake35 min
Sep 5, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca28 min
Sep 5, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake51 min
Sep 5, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca28 min
Sep 5, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca34 min
Sep 5, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass32 min
Sep 5, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis26 min
Sep 5, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis34 min
Sep 5, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass26 min
Sep 5, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis39 min
Sep 6, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake32 min
Sep 6, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake39 min
Sep 6, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca33 min
Sep 6, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis24 min
Sep 6, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook27 min
Sep 6, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis49 min
Sep 6, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake44 min
Sep 6, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis33 min
Sep 6, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook41 min
Sep 6, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH53 min
Sep 6, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook43 min
Sep 6, 3:38 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH36 hr
Sep 6, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield35 min
Sep 6, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland25 min
Sep 6, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn45 min
Sep 6, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron26 min
Sep 6, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland22 min
Sep 6, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield32 min
Sep 6, 5:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett45 min
Sep 6, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland33 min
Sep 6, 8:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer, Washburn4 hr
Sep 6, 12:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Iron, Price, Sawyer4 hr

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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.