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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Duluth, MN

June 19, 2016Aitkin County, Itasca County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:40 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Itasca County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.
Jun 19, 6:51 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Ne Jacobson, MN	FOUR OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED WITH LOSS OF MACHINERY. MAJOR DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE AND ATTACHED GARAGE.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

360 
WFUS53 KDLH 192340
TORDLH
MNC001-061-137-200030-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0005.160619T2340Z-160620T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACOBSON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST 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...
  SWAN RIVER...WARBA...JACOBSON...BALL BLUFF...WAWINA...FLOODWOOD LAKE AND
  ISLAND.

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 4694 9344 4711 9345 4719 9288 4697 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 258DEG 29KT 4702 9335 

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

$$
 MILLER

4 follow-up statements

883 
WWUS53 KDLH 192349
SVSDLH

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

MNC001-061-137-200030-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-ITASCA MN-AITKIN MN-
649 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS...SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND NORTHEASTERN AITKIN
COUNTIES...
    
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF JACOBSON...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF BIG SANDY
LAKE... 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...
SWAN RIVER...WARBA...JACOBSON...WAWINA...ISLAND AND FLOODWOOD 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 4696 9331 4712 9332 4719 9288 4697 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 263DEG 32KT 4703 9323 

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

$$
 MILLER

902 
WWUS53 KDLH 192354
SVSDLH

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

MNC001-061-137-200030-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-ITASCA MN-AITKIN MN-
654 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS...SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND NORTHEASTERN AITKIN
COUNTIES...
    
AT 654 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAN RIVER...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF BIG SANDY LAKE...
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...
SWAN RIVER...JACOBSON...WAWINA...ISLAND AND FLOODWOOD LAKE. 

THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 2 NEAR WAWINA.  IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR
WAWINA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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 4697 9327 4712 9327 4719 9288 4697 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 258DEG 30KT 4704 9317 

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

$$
 MILLER

491 
WWUS53 KDLH 192357
SVSDLH

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

MNC001-061-137-200030-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-ITASCA MN-AITKIN MN-
657 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS...SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND NORTHEASTERN AITKIN
COUNTIES...
        
AT 657 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR SWAN RIVER...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SANDY LAKE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWAN RIVER...JACOBSON...WAWINA...ISLAND AND FLOODWOOD LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4697 9327 4712 9327 4719 9288 4697 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 258DEG 30KT 4705 9311 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
 MILLER

551 
WWUS53 KDLH 200004
SVSDLH

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

MNC001-200013-
/O.CAN.KDLH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
AITKIN MN-
704 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AITKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVE EAST
AND OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4719 9288 4697 9286 4697 9306 4703 9306
      4703 9314 4713 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 258DEG 29KT 4706 9304 

$$

MNC061-137-200030-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-ITASCA MN-
704 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA COUNTIES...
        
AT 703 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SWAN
RIVER...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SANDY LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAWINA AND ISLAND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4719 9288 4697 9286 4697 9306 4703 9306
      4703 9314 4713 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 258DEG 29KT 4706 9304 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Itasca	31 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, 6:45 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.