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Gale Warning 17, NWS Duluth, MN

December 30, 2018

NWS Duluth, MN issued this gale warning at Dec 30, 2018, 2:24 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 31, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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 30, 2018, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 31, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 31, 2018, 9:43 PM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 30, 2:16 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 2:16 PM CST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 9:24 AM CST, 5 hours 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 30, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	10 hr
Dec 30, 2:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Pine and 1 more	40 hr
Dec 30, 2:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	28 hr
Dec 30, 2:24 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		13 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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