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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN

April 5, 20089 counties in Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Apr 5, 2008, 4:36 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2008, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

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, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 4, 9:06 PM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:06 PM CDT, 7 hours 30 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
Apr 5, 3:50 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine	39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008 Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008 Every winter storm 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.