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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Duluth, MN

June 18, 2012Aitkin County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2012, 9:35 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 19, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2012, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT
In force
31 days
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity
Minor

County Aitkin County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Aitkin (ATKM5). The gauge peaked at 18.71 ft at Jun 28, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05227500, 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 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:11 PM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
311 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-191030-
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-
311 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE YET THIS AFTERNOON
OVER FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
THE MAIN THREATS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE
NORTHLAND. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY
TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
WALKER TO GRAND RAPIDS TO TWO HARBORS...AND INCLUDING ALL OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...HEAVY RAIN
AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. VARIOUS FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
ARE IN EFFECT OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHLAND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-191030-
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-
311 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

MORE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY.

MELDE

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, Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:16 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH24 hr
Jun 19, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin21 min
Jun 19, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDLHCrow Wing32 days
Jun 19, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDLHCrow Wing, Morrison25 days
Jun 19, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass25 min
Jun 19, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass10 min
Jun 19, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass18 min
Jun 19, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin16 min
Jun 19, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing40 min
Jun 19, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin33 min
Jun 19, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis37 min
Jun 19, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass16 min
Jun 19, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH58 min
Jun 19, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis36 min
Jun 19, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH54 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH12 min
Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass, Itasca, Saint Louis19 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH72 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis41 min
Jun 19, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass20 min
Jun 19, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis41 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH59 min
Jun 19, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH11 min
Jun 19, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH53 min
Jun 19, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca, Lake, Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton, Lake15 min
Jun 19, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Douglas30 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield61 min

Nearby

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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.