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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Duluth, MN

July 4, 2026Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 4, 2026, 2:57 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 4, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2026, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 4, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
10 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 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.0 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 2026-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca24 min
Jul 3, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca37 min
Jul 4, 3:00 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH16 hr
Jul 4, 1:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCass, Itasca3 hr
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing38 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin59 min
Jul 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin36 min
Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine40 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2026Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2026Every beach hazards statement in 2026

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.