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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT for Carlton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
County Carlton County, MN
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-091030- 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- 417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY ALSO SEE A SEVERE STORM OR TWO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. LSZ121-140>148-091030- 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- 417 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR WESTERN AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MELDE MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 8, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook | 11 min |
| Aug 8, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Carlton | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 5:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 21 min |
| Aug 9, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Ashland | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Price | 31 min |
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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.