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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Duluth, MN

August 14, 2023Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 14, 2023, 5:04 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2023, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2023, 7:33 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2023-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2023-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 3:10 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH30 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2023Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2023Every beach hazards statement in 2023

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.