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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Duluth, MN

July 2, 20188 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 2, 2018, 3:19 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 2, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2018, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2018, 3:27 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity: None

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 2, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 8:46 AM CDT, 6 hours 33 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 1, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	33 min
Jul 1, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	30 min
Jul 1, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	28 min
Jul 1, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Koochiching	45 min
Jul 1, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	34 min
Jul 1, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	45 min
Jul 2, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis	42 min
Jul 2, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		25 min
Jul 2, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Cass	30 min
Jul 2, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		29 min
Jul 2, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	31 min
Jul 2, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	24 min
Jul 2, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	25 min
Jul 2, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	32 min

Nearby

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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.