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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Duluth, MN

August 29, 2024Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2024, 3:48 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 29, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2024, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 08:53 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2024-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2024-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 29, 3:41 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:41 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching27 min
Aug 29, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching30 min
Aug 29, 9:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching24 min
Aug 29, 11:59 AM CDTFlood WatchDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more9 hr
Aug 29, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing45 min
Aug 29, 2:38 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH28 hr
Aug 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing59 min
Aug 29, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing17 min
Aug 29, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn62 min

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.