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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1999, 5:11 AM CDT for Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 109 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1999, 5:11 AM CDT (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1999, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 5, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 330 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1999 AN MCS THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE EVENING WAS GENERATING SOME HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE IRON RANGE. SERIOUS FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AS OF THIS WRITING ACROSS THE IRON RANGE. WITH CELLS TRAINING ACROSS THIS AREA...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FLOODING ACROSS THE RANGE FOR A WHILE BEFORE DAYBREAK. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS INTERACTING WITH A BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA/WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR ALONG WITH THICKNESS DIFLUENCE WERE CREATING NEARLY TROPICAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING. LAPS INDICATED THETA-E IN THE 360 RANGE...ALONG WITH CAPE VALUES CLOSE TO 4000 J/KG. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION ACROSS THE BOUNDARY. WILL ADD LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TROPICAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA AND HIGH PWAT. THE COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD DURING THE DAY...CLEARING NORTHEAST MINNESOTA BY 0000 UTC...AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN BY 0600 UTC. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...OR AT LEAST PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. VERY DRY AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY. FWC MOS TEMPS A LITTLE TOO LOW...AND HAVE RAISED THEM A LITTLE BIT IN MOST SITUATIONS VIA FAN. .DLH...NONE. DAP
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Lake | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Cook | 109 min |
| Jul 5, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Cook | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Cook | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Iron | 71 min |
| Jul 5, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 45 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.