Alert archive / Minnesota / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2008, 11:41 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 25, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2008, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 days
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Aitkin (ATKM5).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05227500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 25, 11:11 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:11 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 7:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 711 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-261215- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 711 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF MINNESOTA...THE TWIN PORTS AREA...AND THROUGH THE UPPER SAINT CROIX VALLEY...AS WELL AS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE SOUTH OF THE GOGEBIC RANGE...ACROSS PRICE COUNTY. THE THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND A POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. RECENT RAINS HAVE RESULTED IN POTENTIAL RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEE HYDROLOGY PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL FROM THE BRAINERD AND CASS LAKES AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE RAINY RIVER VALLEY AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE IRON RANGE AND THE CRANE LAKE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TO 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS AITKIN COUNTY BY SATURDAY MORNING. LESSER AMOUNTS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REST OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ALSO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PRICE COUNTY WISCONSIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-261215- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- 711 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE NEARSNORE WATERS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE TWIN PORTS AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AND ALONG THE WISCONSIN SOUTH SHORE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:17 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 38 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:17 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing, Saint Louis | 38 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DLH | Itasca | 4 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.