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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Duluth, MN

August 27, 2024Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 27, 2024, 2:33 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 27, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2024, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
13 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 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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 2024-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4426 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2024-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Aug 27, 12:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 12:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:13 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
213 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

WIZ002-003-270745-
Bayfield WI-Ashland WI-
213 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BAYFIELD AND
NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM CDT...

At 212 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Cornucopia to 9 miles southeast of
Herbster to 7 miles north of Ino. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Washburn, Barksdale, Bayfield, La Pointe, Cornucopia,
Herbster, Red Cliff, Madeline Island, Apostle Island Sea Caves,
Basswood Island, Meyers Beach, Bark Point, Red Cliff Reservation, Bad
River Reservation, and Apostle Islands National Lake Shore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4648 9089 4672 9133 4680 9127 4690 9122
      4687 9071 4665 9071
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 291DEG 34KT 4689 9110 4675 9110 4664 9123

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KML
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:32 AM CDT, 1 minute before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Duluth MN
232 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1041 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Phillips                45.69N 90.40W
08/26/2024                   Price              WI   911 Call Center

            County sheriff dispatch reports multiple
            trees down. Time estimated based on radar.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH51 min
Aug 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine49 min
Aug 27, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton, Pine26 min
Aug 27, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine32 min
Aug 26, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield28 min
Aug 26, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn26 min
Aug 26, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield24 min
Aug 26, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett42 min
Aug 26, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHBurnett3 hr
Aug 26, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Price, Sawyer and 1 more50 min
Aug 26, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer39 min
Aug 26, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price23 min
Aug 26, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron32 min
Aug 27, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield32 min
Aug 27, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Sawyer, Washburn48 min
Aug 27, 7:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHBurnett, Washburn3 hr
Aug 27, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer37 min
Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron, Price46 min

Nearby

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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.