Alert archive / Minnesota / Beach Hazards Statements in 2024

Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Duluth, MN

May 24, 2024Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at May 24, 2024, 4:38 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2024, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
17 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 09:41 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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 2024-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2024-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:42 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake and 1 more10 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2024Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2024Every beach hazards statement in 2024

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.