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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Duluth, MN

August 27, 2018Cass County, Itasca County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2018, 1:52 AM CDT for Cass County, Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2018, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2018, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cass County, MN, Itasca County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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
Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2018-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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 2018-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:57 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching20 min
Aug 27, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching26 min
Aug 27, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching33 min
Aug 27, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching30 min
Aug 27, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis41 min
Aug 27, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis60 min
Aug 27, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis26 min
Aug 27, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake23 min
Aug 27, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH28 min
Aug 27, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Pine13 min
Aug 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine45 min
Aug 27, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton21 min
Aug 27, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing15 min
Aug 27, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin14 min
Aug 27, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH60 min
Aug 27, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine17 min
Aug 27, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Pine26 min
Aug 27, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine47 min
Aug 27, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCarlton, Pine3 hr
Aug 27, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Douglas17 min
Aug 27, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett19 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas30 min
Aug 27, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas24 min
Aug 27, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett10 min
Aug 27, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Washburn14 min
Aug 27, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield43 min
Aug 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas33 min
Aug 27, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas6 hr
Aug 27, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer50 min
Aug 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron46 min
Aug 27, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron30 min
Aug 27, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Douglas, Washburn41 min
Aug 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Sawyer, Washburn47 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.