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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

July 12, 2018Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Jul 12, 2018, 4:01 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 13, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2018, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 13, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 14, 2018, 9:31 AM CDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Aitkin (ATKM5). The gauge peaked at 12.58 ft at Jul 14, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05227500, 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, 3:05 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:05 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:17 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching32 min
Jul 11, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching13 min
Jul 11, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching38 min
Jul 11, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching40 min
Jul 11, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHKoochiching33 min
Jul 11, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching50 min
Jul 11, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass48 min
Jul 11, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca46 min
Jul 12, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing42 min
Jul 12, 12:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching3 hr
Jul 12, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis48 min
Jul 12, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing37 min
Jul 12, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis31 min
Jul 12, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing29 min
Jul 12, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Saint Louis48 min
Jul 12, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis42 min
Jul 12, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing28 min
Jul 12, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing49 min
Jul 12, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton16 min
Jul 12, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis45 min
Jul 12, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca4 hr
Jul 12, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis38 min
Jul 12, 2:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH47 min
Jul 12, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing49 min
Jul 12, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis3 hr
Jul 12, 3:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHItasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis9 hr
Jul 12, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine26 min
Jul 12, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine37 min
Jul 12, 4:07 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH12 hr
Jul 12, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHPine5 hr
Jul 12, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine36 min
Jul 12, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing, Pine4 hr
Jul 12, 6:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine24 min
Jul 12, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine13 min
Jul 12, 9:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine6 hr
Jul 12, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHChisago15 min
Jul 12, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett29 min
Jul 12, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett29 min
Jul 12, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett30 min
Jul 12, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett36 min
Jul 12, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett30 min
Jul 12, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn33 min
Jul 12, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn26 min
Jul 12, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn23 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.