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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN

July 12, 2016Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Jul 12, 2016, 9:42 AM CDT for Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 13, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2016, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 7:37 AM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Crow Wing County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Fort Ripley (FTRM5).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 12.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05261000, 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 Jul 12, 6:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:45 AM CDT, 57 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
Jul 11, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		56 min
Jul 11, 10:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	11 days
Jul 11, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	8 hr
Jul 11, 10:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Pine	7 hr
Jul 12, 3:45 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		18 hr
Jul 12, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	86 min
Jul 12, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	81 min
Jul 12, 7:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	54 min
Jul 12, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	67 min
Jul 12, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Crow Wing, Morrison, Pine	7 days
Jul 12, 11:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Pine	7 days
Jul 12, 11:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Pine	54 hr
Jul 12, 11:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DLH	Carlton	12 hr
Jul 11, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron	33 min
Jul 11, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron	35 min
Jul 11, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield	25 min
Jul 11, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	37 min
Jul 11, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Iron, Sawyer	49 min
Jul 11, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Bayfield, Washburn	34 min
Jul 11, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Iron	59 min
Jul 11, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland	38 min
Jul 11, 10:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DLH	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more	7 hr
Jul 11, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Washburn	35 min
Jul 12, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Sawyer	20 min
Jul 12, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Iron	47 min
Jul 12, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	29 min
Jul 12, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	29 min
Jul 12, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland, Washburn	90 min
Jul 12, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Ashland	66 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.