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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

May 18, 20178 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this freeze warning at May 18, 2017, 3:08 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 19, 2017, 12:00 AM 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
May 18, 2017, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 19, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 19, 2017, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 17, 6:27 PM CDT, 20 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:27 PM CDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:08 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDLHCass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis15 hr
May 17, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice18 min
May 17, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice16 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2017Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin, 2017Every freeze warning in 2017

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.