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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Duluth, MN

July 5, 2014Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 5, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 10:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake58 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH32 min
Jul 5, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching17 min
Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching11 min
Jul 5, 3:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH28 min
Jul 5, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching36 min
Jul 5, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH42 min
Jul 5, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH31 min
Jul 5, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH22 min
Jul 5, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH49 min
Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis36 min
Jul 5, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis47 min
Jul 5, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis20 min
Jul 5, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis48 min
Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH12 min
Jul 5, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHLake, Saint Louis6 hr
Jul 5, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH36 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake48 min
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHCook, Lake6 hr
Jul 5, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake37 min
Jul 5, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake48 min
Jul 5, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook57 min
Jul 5, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHCook, Lake6 hr
Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook22 min
Jul 5, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH26 min
Jul 5, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH65 min
Jul 5, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCook20 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.