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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN

June 19, 2016Aitkin County, Itasca County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Itasca County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nne Jacobson, MN	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. DEBRIS IS SEEN BEING LOFTED IN THE AIR FROM PHOTO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

802 
WFUS53 KDLH 192314
TORDLH
MNC001-061-192345-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0004.160619T2314Z-160619T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
614 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILL CITY...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND
  RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HILL CITY...WARBA...JACOBSON...SWATARA...BALL BLUFF AND SPLIT HAND
  LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4706 9374 4716 9324 4694 9324 4689 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 254DEG 29KT 4697 9367 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$
 MILLER

2 follow-up statements

657 
WWUS53 KDLH 192325
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
625 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC001-061-192345-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160619T2345Z/
ITASCA MN-AITKIN MN-
625 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND NORTH CENTRAL AITKIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER HILL CITY...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILL CITY...WARBA...JACOBSON...BALL BLUFF AND SPLIT HAND LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4708 9363 4716 9324 4694 9324 4691 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 257DEG 33KT 4699 9354 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
 MILLER

912 
WWUS53 KDLH 192331
SVSDLH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
631 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC001-061-192345-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160619T2345Z/
ITASCA MN-AITKIN MN-
631 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND NORTH CENTRAL AITKIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 631 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HILL CITY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARBA...JACOBSON...BALL BLUFF AND SPLIT HAND LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4709 9353 4716 9324 4694 9324 4694 9325
      4693 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 254DEG 29KT 4701 9345 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
 MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	13 min
Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		17 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cook	33 min
Jun 18, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		32 min
Jun 19, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	23 min
Jun 19, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	30 min
Jun 19, 8:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	39 min
Jun 19, 8:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching	46 min
Jun 19, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Koochiching, Saint Louis	50 min
Jun 19, 9:55 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		36 hr
Jun 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	11 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	17 min
Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		20 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	18 min
Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Wadena	32 min
Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	15 min
Jun 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass	49 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	45 min
Jun 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Itasca	42 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		22 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	50 min
Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	15 min
Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	52 min
Jun 19, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis	50 min
Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	45 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.