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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 18, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 18, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 18, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1217 PM AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-190930- 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- 1217 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EASTWARD INTO WISCONSIN...AFFECTING AREAS FROM LAKE MILLE LACS AND AITKIN... TO HINCKLEY... PINE CITY... GRANTSBURG... SPOONER AND HAYWARD. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE... IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE... WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AT LEAST PART OF THE NORTHLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THERE WILL BE A SEVERE WEATHER RISK. SOME OF THE RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-190930- 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- 1217 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES FROM 3 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID WEEK. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO PERSIST IN THE SAME TIME FRAME...WHICH MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. MILLER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 62 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2011Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2011Every flash flood watch in 2011
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.