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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 1, 2021, 2:59 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 1, 2021, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2021, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2021, 2:39 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785 WWUS73 KDLH 012059 NPWDLH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Duluth MN 259 PM CST Wed Dec 1 2021 MNZ020-021-020900- /O.NEW.KDLH.WI.Y.0006.211202T0300Z-211202T1200Z/ Southern Lake-Southern Cook- Including the cities of Two Harbors, Silver Bay, and Grand Marais 259 PM CST Wed Dec 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Southern Lake and Southern Cook Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Grand Portage Reservation. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ MNZ037-020900- /O.NEW.KDLH.WI.Y.0006.211202T0300Z-211202T1200Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis- Including the city of Duluth 259 PM CST Wed Dec 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Carlton and South St. Louis County. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Fond du Lac Band. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Huyck
1 follow-up statement
868 WWUS73 KDLH 020839 NPWDLH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Duluth MN 239 AM CST Thu Dec 2 2021 MNZ020-021-037-020945- /O.CAN.KDLH.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211202T1200Z/ Southern Lake-Southern Cook-Carlton and South St. Louis- Including the cities of Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Grand Marais, and Duluth 239 AM CST Thu Dec 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 9:52 PM CST | Gale Watch | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Nov 30, 9:52 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 23 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:37 AM CST | Gale Warning | DLH | 26 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:03 PM CST | Storm Warning | DLH | 12 hr |
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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.