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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT for Cass County, Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 26, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cass County, MN, Itasca County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 26, 4:50 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 4:50 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 340 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-271030- 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- 340 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM THE ARROWHEAD...IRON RANGE...SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA...AND AREAS EAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY...AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-272045- 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- 336 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM THE ARROWHEAD...IRON RANGE...SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA...AND AREAS EAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INCLUDING THE TWIN PORTS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTH SHORE ON SATURDAY...AND AGAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MELDE MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 66 min |
| Sep 26, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 56 min |
| Sep 26, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 36 min |
| Sep 26, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Sep 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Sep 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 65 min |
| Sep 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Sep 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Sep 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 88 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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.