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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2024, 6:05 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2024, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Saint Louis County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
170
WFUS53 KDLH 192305
TORDLH
MNC137-192330-
/O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0021.240919T2305Z-240919T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Duluth MN
605 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fairbanks, or 35 miles south of Ely, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central St. Louis County, including the following locations...
Skibo and Seven Beaver Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4759 9197 4749 9179 4747 9179 4736 9206
4739 9212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 218DEG 21KT 4741 9206
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Unruh2 follow-up statements
463
WWUS53 KDLH 192316
SVSDLH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
616 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
MNC137-192330-
/O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240919T2330Z/
St. Louis MN-
616 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY...
At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Fairbanks, or 31 miles south of Ely,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Babbitt, Skibo, and Seven Beaver Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a
tornado is not immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and
move to a place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a
basement or small interior room.
&&
LAT...LON 4759 9197 4749 9179 4747 9179 4743 9189
4741 9200 4744 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 218DEG 21KT 4746 9200
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Unruh311
WWUS53 KDLH 192327 RRA
SVSDLH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
627 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
MNC137-192337-
/O.EXP.KDLH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240919T2330Z/
St. Louis MN-
627 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northeastern
Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4759 9197 4749 9179 4747 9179 4743 9189
4741 9200 4744 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 218DEG 21KT 4750 9195
$$
JDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 27 min |
| Sep 19, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 33 min |
| Sep 19, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 33 min | |
| Sep 19, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 17 min |
| Sep 19, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 21 min | |
| Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 12 min |
| Sep 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 63 min | |
| Sep 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 23 min | |
| Sep 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 18 min |
| Sep 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Pine | 33 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.