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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Duluth, MN

May 23, 2012Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood advisory at May 23, 2012, 10:40 PM CDT for Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2012, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2012, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Crow Wing County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Fort Ripley (FTRM5).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 12.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05261000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at May 23, 9:58 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 9:58 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
324 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-241200-
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-
324 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND THROUGH THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. A FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINFALL THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO GET THROUGH THURSDAY...WHICH
COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND THURSDAY.
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...AND THE STORMS COULD
HAVE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THE REGION IS
EXPECTED TO GET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN A WARM FRONT LIFTS
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-241200-
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-
324 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE
OF LAKE SUPERIOR IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...AND THE STORMS COULD
HAVE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN.

GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS AND RESULTING WAVES COULD POSE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE APOSTLE
ISLANDS AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM GRAND MARAIS TO GRAND
PORTAGE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

GROCHOCINSKI

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
557 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ019-025-026-034>038-WIZ001-232330-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-NORTH
CASS-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-SOUTH ITASCA-
557 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...STRONG STORMS CONTINUE EAST OF THE BRAINERD AREA...

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF
PINE KNOLL TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MALMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BAIN AND WAUKENABO BY 605 PM...
  HAYPOINT AND PALISADE BY 610 PM...
  MCGREGOR AND LIBBY BY 615 PM...
  BALL BLUFF AND SHESHEBEE BY 620 PM...
  WAWINA AND JACOBSON BY 625 PM...
  WRIGHT AND ISLAND BY 630 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4615 9307 4614 9343 4615 9345 4624 9344
      4624 9378 4677 9391 4736 9272 4632 9228
      4612 9306

DAP

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
604 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ038-WIZ001-006-232330-
BURNETT-DOUGLAS-PINE-
604 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PINE COUNTY...

AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLOVERDALE TO ROCK
CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ASKOV AND CLOVERDALE BY 610 PM...
  SIREN BY 615 PM...
  YELLOWLAKE AND WEBSTER BY 620 PM...
  DUXBURY AND DANBURY BY 625 PM...
  BELDEN AND MARKVILLE BY 630 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4567 9289 4573 9288 4573 9309 4611 9307
      4637 9225 4583 9218 4572 9249 4572 9252
      4570 9253 4563 9272 4564 9288

TENTINGER

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
614 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ012-021-240000-
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
614 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE...

AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TAIL LAKE TO 23
MILES SOUTH OF GRAND MARAIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EAGLE MOUNTAIN BY 620 PM...
  GRAND MARAIS BY 630 PM...
  HOVLAND BY 655 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4810 9003 4802 8996 4786 8988 4781 8998
      4777 9023 4773 9033 4773 9042 4763 9069
      4791 9083 4811 9051 4810 9035 4812 9032
      4812 9014

DAP

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
629 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ038-WIZ001-006-007-240000-
BURNETT-DOUGLAS-PINE-WASHBURN-
629 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BURNETT COUNTY...

AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF
BELDEN TO TRADE RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DUXBURY AND TRADE LAKE BY 635 PM...
  FALUN BY 640 PM...
  BELDEN AND SIREN BY 645 PM...
  MARKVILLE AND KINGSDALE BY 650 PM...
  HERTEL AND COZY CORNER BY 655 PM...
  MOOSE JUNCTION AND DAIRYLAND BY 700 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4564 9217 4572 9218 4572 9252 4565 9252
      4564 9254 4564 9279 4623 9271 4646 9192
      4568 9190 4563 9215

TENTINGER

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
639 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ019-025-026-034>038-WIZ001-240015-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-NORTH
CASS-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-SOUTH ITASCA-
639 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AITKIN AREA...

AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ISLAND TO 8 MILES EAST OF MCGRATH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DENHAM AND WRIGHT BY 645 PM...
  GOWAN AND RUTLEDGE BY 650 PM...
  ELMER AND WILLOW RIVER BY 655 PM...
  TOIVOLA AND BARNUM BY 700 PM...
  PAYNE AND SAWYER BY 705 PM...
  KELSEY AND NEMADJI BY 710 PM...
  CANYON AND INDEPENDENCE BY 715 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4736 9227 4635 9228 4609 9307 4615 9307
      4614 9343 4624 9344 4624 9380 4615 9382
      4615 9407 4686 9419

DAP

Special weather statement, May 23, 7:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
716 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

MNZ019-026-035>038-240100-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH
AITKIN-SOUTH ITASCA-
716 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM EASTERN AITKIN COUNTY
INTO SOUTHWESTERN SAINT LOUIS AND WESTERN CARLTON COUNTIES...

AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JACOBSON TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCGRATH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SWAN RIVER AND LAWLER BY 720 PM...
  BALSAM AND WAWINA BY 725 PM...
  WRIGHT AND WILLOW RIVER BY 730 PM...
  KETTLE RIVER AND KERRICK BY 735 PM...
  LITTLE SWAN AND GOWAN BY 740 PM...
  TOIVOLA AND NICKERSON BY 745 PM...
  SAWYER AND CHERRY BY 750 PM...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4714 9341 4761 9249 4639 9242 4615 9312
      4615 9334

TENTINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	44 min
May 23, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DLH	Aitkin	12 hr
May 23, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DLH	Pine	36 hr
May 24, 9:56 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		30 hr
May 24, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin	19 days
May 24, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	28 min
May 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Pine	39 min
May 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		59 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	6 hr
May 24, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	41 min
May 24, 3:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DLH	Iron, Price	14 hr
May 24, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Sawyer	33 min
May 24, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price, Sawyer, Washburn	25 min
May 24, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	38 min
May 24, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield	34 min
May 24, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer, Washburn	35 min
May 24, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	41 min
May 24, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	33 min
May 24, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	28 min
May 24, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	28 min
May 24, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	27 min
May 24, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Iron	23 min
May 24, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas	21 min
May 24, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Iron	31 min
May 24, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Douglas, Washburn	24 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	36 min
May 24, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn	39 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn	31 min
May 24, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price, Sawyer	33 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn	42 min
May 24, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	45 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price, Sawyer	41 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Price, Sawyer	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Minnesota, 2012 Every river flood advisory in 2012

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.