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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

June 19, 2016Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 19, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3172 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

766 
WFUS53 KDLH 200006
TORDLH
MNC137-200045-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0008.160620T0006Z-160620T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
706 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...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 706 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
  FLOODWOOD...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF HIBBING...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...
  COTTON...TOIVOLA...MEADOWLANDS...CANYON...ELMER...KELSEY...PROSIT...
  NICHOLS LAKE...PAYNE AND ISLAND.

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 9305 4714 9306 4722 9241 4700 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 258DEG 31KT 4707 9297 

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

$$
 MILLER
2 follow-up statements
931 
WWUS53 KDLH 200017
SVSDLH

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

MNC137-200045-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160620T0045Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-
717 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY...
    
AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MEADOWLANDS...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF HIBBING...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...
COTTON...MEADOWLANDS...CANYON...ELMER...KELSEY...NICHOLS LAKE AND PAYNE. 

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN THE WAWINA AREA.

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 4701 9287 4715 9289 4722 9241 4701 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 263DEG 34KT 4706 9278 

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

$$
 MILLER
935 
WWUS53 KDLH 200031
SVSDLH

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

MNC137-200045-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160620T0045Z/
ST. LOUIS MN-
731 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY...
    
AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CANYON...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF CLOQUET...MOVING EAST
AT 45 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...
COTTON...MEADOWLANDS...CANYON...KELSEY...NICHOLS LAKE AND PAYNE. 

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 4702 9271 4717 9275 4722 9241 4701 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 266DEG 39KT 4708 9255 

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

$$
 MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca30 min
Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis14 min
Jun 19, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis37 min
Jun 19, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis29 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis50 min
Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine47 min
Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH55 min
Jun 19, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis52 min
Jun 19, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook30 min
Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine51 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis31 min
Jun 19, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis28 min
Jun 19, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH34 min
Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH53 min
Jun 19, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis33 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine44 min
Jun 19, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake12 min
Jun 19, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton41 min
Jun 19, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH26 min
Jun 19, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH40 min
Jun 19, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake20 min
Jun 19, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine28 min
Jun 19, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook36 min
Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH49 min
Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH45 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine49 min
Jun 19, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook17 min
Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine46 min
Jun 19, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine42 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.