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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT for Cass County, Crow Wing County, Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
711 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
MNZ010-018-025-026-033-034-040115-
CROW WING-KOOCHICHING-NORTH CASS-NORTH ITASCA-SOUTH CASS-SOUTH
ITASCA-
711 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012
...STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THIEF RIVER
FALLS...TO FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
AT THIS SPEED...THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREAS OF LAKE
WINNIBIGOSHISH...WALKER...LEECH LAKE...LEADER...PEQUOT LAKES...AND
THE BRAINERD AREA AROUND 1000 PM.
IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...PREPARE FOR THESE STORMS TO BRING STRONG
WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
LAT...LON 4680 9480 4682 9467 4740 9468 4742 9443
4786 9442 4783 9365 4616 9395 4615 9436
4624 9440 4628 9435 4631 9440 4630 9455
4634 9473 4640 9479
GRANINGSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 6 hr | |
| Aug 3, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Itasca | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Pine | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Saint Louis | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Lake | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 83 min |
| Aug 4, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Koochiching | 19 min |
| Aug 4, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Iron, Price | 25 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.