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Flood Watch 2, NWS Duluth, MN

June 14, 201410 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this flood watch at Jun 14, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 15, 2014, 3:49 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity
None

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 14, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-151030-
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-
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AROUND THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA EAST
INTO THE LOWER ST CROIX VALLEY AND THROUGH THE HAYWARD LAKES
VICINITY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS.

THERE IS A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING THROUGH
THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHLAND. DUE TO RECENT EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL...RESIDENTS IN KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN SAINT LOUIS
COUNTIES AROUND RAINY LAKE AND LAKE KABETOGAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE
FORECAST FOR ANY POSSIBLE FLOOD STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES THAT MAY
BE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR FLOODING
ALONG AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...HOWEVER THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY FROM AROUND
BRAINERD EASTWARD TO HAYWARD. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH THE BEST CHANCES
REMAINING CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LSZ121-140>148-151030-
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-
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED AS STRONG
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

TENTINGER

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHKoochiching, Saint Louis41 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2014Every flood watch in 2014

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.