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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Duluth, MN

May 22, 2013Aitkin County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2013, 10:12 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 23, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2013, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 26, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 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 15:12 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 near Aitkin (ATKM5). The gauge peaked at 12.04 ft at May 24, 2013, 9:00 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.

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.