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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN

December 25, 2015Carlton County, Pine County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2015, 2:41 PM CST for Carlton County, Pine County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 23 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: Dec 25, 2015, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 5:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2015, 3:58 AM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 25, 11:45 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:45 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:16 AM CST, 10 hours 25 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
Dec 25, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	11 hr
Dec 25, 2:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis	31 hr
Dec 25, 3:48 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		36 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2015 Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2015 Every winter storm warning in 2015

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.