Alert archive / Minnesota / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 16, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this gale warning at Aug 18, 2015, 9:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 18, 2015, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Aug 18, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 356 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-192100- 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- 356 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE TWIN PORTS INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS AND RESULTING WAVES ARE RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE DULUTH AND SUPERIOR BEACHES...IN PARTICULAR PARK POINT BEACH. PLEASE SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND LATE TODAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BE POSSIBLE...WITH A LOW CHANCE TOWARDS THE BORDERLAND THIS EVENING AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR TOWARDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES OR MORE...AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS IN THE MORNING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...BUT RAINFALL TOTALS AND REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. LSZ121-140>148-192100- 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- 356 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE TWIN PORTS INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS AND RESULTING WAVES ARE RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE DULUTH AND SUPERIOR BEACHES...IN PARTICULAR PARK POINT BEACH. PLEASE SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. STRONG AND GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE RESULTING WAVES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH SHORES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE READ THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE COULD BE OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT BECAUSE OF GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO TAPER OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY THURSDAY...WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH SHORE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. JJM/G2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Aug 19, 3:51 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Washburn | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Bayfield | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 11 min |
| Aug 19, 11:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Bayfield | 3 hr |
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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.