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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Duluth, MN

July 27, 2026Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 27, 2026, 8:48 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2026, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 424 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3288 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
3288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
34.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Saint Louis54 min
Jul 26, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH96 min
Jul 26, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Saint Louis29 min
Jul 27, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis57 min
Jul 27, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis60 min
Jul 27, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis65 min
Jul 27, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH92 min
Jul 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis64 min
Jul 27, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake55 min
Jul 27, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake, Saint Louis54 min
Jul 27, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake24 min
Jul 27, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH66 min
Jul 27, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook, Lake34 min
Jul 27, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH64 min
Jul 27, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH24 min
Jul 27, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH37 min
Jul 27, 8:47 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH10 hr
Jul 27, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Douglas60 min
Jul 27, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield65 min
Jul 27, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron10 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.