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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

June 8, 2021Itasca County, Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 2:32 AM CDT for Itasca County, Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2021, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 2:46 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wsw Orr, MNTHE TOP OF A WHITE PINE TREE FELL OVER DUE TO STRONG WINDS, WITH ONE OF THE BRANCHES FALLING ONTO AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CABIN. HEAVY RAIN ALSO CAUSED WASHOUTS AND EROSION WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. LOCATION A

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

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

605 
WUUS53 KDLH 080732
SVRDLH
MNC061-071-137-080800-
/O.NEW.KDLH.SV.W.0003.210608T0732Z-210608T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Duluth MN
232 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Itasca County in north central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Koochiching County in north central Minnesota...
  West central St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 231 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Nett Lake, to 10 miles west of Togo, to near
  Marcell, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Orr, Togo and Pelican Lake around 250 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Gheen and Meadow Brook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4809 9265 4778 9295 4759 9336 4763 9378
      4785 9346 4808 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 267DEG 33KT 4803 9311 4780 9338 4763 9370 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Unruh/GSF
1 follow-up statement
435 
WWUS53 KDLH 080756
SVSDLH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
256 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

MNC061-071-137-080806-
/O.EXP.KDLH.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210608T0800Z/
Itasca MN-Koochiching MN-St. Louis MN-
256 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ITASCA...
SOUTHEASTERN KOOCHICHING AND WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain are still possible with these
thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4809 9265 4778 9295 4759 9336 4763 9378
      4785 9346 4808 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 267DEG 33KT 4804 9282 4781 9310 4764 9342 

$$

Unruh/GSF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching10 min
Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching13 min
Jun 8, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching23 min
Jun 8, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass25 min
Jun 8, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching29 min
Jun 8, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass27 min
Jun 8, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca35 min
Jun 8, 2:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHKoochiching4 hr
Jun 8, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca36 min
Jun 8, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Itasca22 min
Jun 8, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis29 min
Jun 8, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis41 min

Nearby

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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.