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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Duluth, MN

May 24, 2012Carlton County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood advisory at May 24, 2012, 11:42 PM CDT for Carlton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2012, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2012, 11:34 AM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Carlton County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Louis River at Scanlon (SCNM5).

Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
10.5 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04024000, 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 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
435 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-251030-
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-
435 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
BAYFIELD...ASHLAND...IRON...SAWYER AND PRICE COUNTIES. DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEE THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AND
THE DULUTH OFFICE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

IN ADDITION...THERE IS A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. THE THREAT SHOULD
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ASIDE FROM SOME RIVERS WHICH COULD
SEE RISES INTO THE WEEKEND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF
THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
OVER THE NORTHLAND.

RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR AITKIN IS
FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS WEEKEND...SO STAY TUNED TO
LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-251030-
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-
435 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST
MARINE PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY FROM PORT WING TO SAXON HARBOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING FOR
PORTIONS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST MARINE PRODUCTS
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. THE STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING COULD BE
SEVERE.

DAP

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 5:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCook, Lake7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Every 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.