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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2021, 2:26 PM CDT for Itasca County, Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 10, 2021, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
663
WFUS53 KDLH 101926
TORDLH
MNC061-071-137-102000-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0009.211010T1926Z-211010T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Duluth MN
226 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a
* Tornado 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 PM CDT.
* At 226 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Togo, or 31 miles north of Hibbing, moving north
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Nett Lake, Meadow Brook, Togo, Pelican Lake, Bois Forte
Reservation, Celina, and Greaney.
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 4773 9302 4777 9328 4816 9322 4809 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 193DEG 25KT 4783 9313
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Melde1 follow-up statement
660
WWUS53 KDLH 101936
SVSDLH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
236 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
MNC061-071-137-102000-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-211010T2000Z/
Itasca MN-Koochiching MN-St. Louis MN-
236 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ITASCA...SOUTHEASTERN KOOCHICHING AND WEST CENTRAL ST.
LOUIS COUNTIES...
At 235 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Togo, or 32 miles west of Lake Vermilion, moving
north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Nett Lake, Meadow Brook, Togo, Pelican Lake, Bois Forte Reservation,
Celina, and Greaney.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4779 9299 4782 9327 4816 9322 4809 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 193DEG 25KT 4790 9311
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
MeldeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 37 min |
| Oct 10, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 27 min |
| Oct 10, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 33 min |
| Oct 10, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 26 min |
| Oct 10, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 15 min |
| Oct 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 14 min |
| Oct 10, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 27 min |
| Oct 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 33 min |
| Oct 10, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 25 min |
| Oct 10, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 34 min |
| Oct 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 13 min |
| Oct 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 29 min |
| Oct 10, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Oct 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 23 min |
| Oct 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 21 min | |
| Oct 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Oct 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 87 min | |
| Oct 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Oct 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 25 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 21 min |
| Oct 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 18 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Oct 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 32 min |
| Oct 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 20 hr | |
| Oct 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 29 min |
| Oct 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 27 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 32 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 33 min |
| Oct 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 56 min | |
| Oct 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 30 min | |
| Oct 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 34 min |
| Oct 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cook | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 45 min |
| Oct 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 60 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.