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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Duluth, MN

April 2, 20115 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2011, 3:40 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 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 2, 2011, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2011, 3:29 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 2, 3:01 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:01 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:44 AM CDT, 10 hours 56 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 2, 3:05 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		56 hr
Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2011 Every winter storm warning 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.