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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Duluth, MN

December 12, 200810 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2008, 3:33 PM CST for 10 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 44 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
Dec 12, 2008, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
In force
44 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, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 Dec 12, 12:58 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 12:58 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 9:01 PM CSTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryDLHIron7 hr
Dec 12, 3:33 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDLHBurnett, Price, Sawyer, Washburn60 hr

Nearby

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