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Flood Watch 2, NWS Duluth, MN

October 18, 200710 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this flood watch at Oct 18, 2007, 10:22 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2007, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2007, 10:49 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity: None

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Oct 18, 3:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 3:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 10:06 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	17 hr
Oct 18, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		29 min
Oct 18, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	37 min
Oct 18, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	35 min
Oct 18, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	42 min
Oct 18, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron	31 min
Oct 18, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Bayfield	23 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2007 Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2007 Every flood watch in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.