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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

June 12, 2014Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2014, 2:23 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2014, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2014, 6:24 PM CDT
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 12.78 ft at Jun 21, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT.

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 12, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 9:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	40 min
Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing	49 min
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	60 min
Jun 12, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	17 min
Jun 12, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	13 min
Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Koochiching, Saint Louis	12 hr
Jun 12, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Itasca	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2014 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.