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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Duluth, MN

December 14, 2016Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2016, 5:22 PM CST for Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2016, 5:22 PM CST (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Dec 14, 4:34 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 4:34 PM CST, 48 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 14, 3:48 AM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		18 hr
Dec 14, 3:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		32 hr
Dec 14, 4:21 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 14, 3:48 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Pine	23 hr

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.