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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Duluth, MN

May 31, 20224 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2022, 12:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 31, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2022, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 30, 10:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	36 min
May 30, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	32 min
May 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	27 min
May 30, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	26 min
May 30, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Itasca, Saint Louis	28 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	31 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Pine	45 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	27 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	30 min
May 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	28 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		65 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	33 min
May 30, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		56 min
May 30, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		33 min
May 31, 5:11 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	DLH		4 hr
May 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	36 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	31 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	32 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.