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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Duluth, MN

August 25, 2013Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2013, 8:46 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2013, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:49 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:02 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHHubbard45 min
Aug 25, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca35 min
Aug 25, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis34 min
Aug 25, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca41 min
Aug 25, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis43 min
Aug 25, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake49 min
Aug 25, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Saint Louis40 min
Aug 25, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake, Saint Louis45 min
Aug 25, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton47 min
Aug 25, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake36 min
Aug 25, 10:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCook, Lake12 hr
Aug 25, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH61 min
Aug 25, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH52 min
Aug 25, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH40 min
Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca40 min
Aug 26, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass20 min
Aug 26, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass14 min
Aug 26, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin25 min
Aug 26, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH44 min
Aug 26, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing12 min
Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing48 min
Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing48 min
Aug 26, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton13 min
Aug 26, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton19 min
Aug 26, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis16 min
Aug 26, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine38 min
Aug 26, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis52 min
Aug 26, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis16 min
Aug 26, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton14 min
Aug 26, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis16 min
Aug 26, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis16 min
Aug 25, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Douglas27 min
Aug 25, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Iron48 min
Aug 26, 12:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield8 hr
Aug 26, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield13 min
Aug 26, 1:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron8 hr
Aug 26, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Iron6 min
Aug 26, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer42 min
Aug 26, 3:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and 1 more6 hr
Aug 26, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn61 min
Aug 26, 4:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn4 hr
Aug 26, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Price, Sawyer, Washburn56 min
Aug 26, 11:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn20 hr

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.