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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Duluth, MN

August 25, 2018Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2018, 9:29 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2018, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Koochiching County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching26 min
Aug 25, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching25 min
Aug 25, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHKoochiching35 min
Aug 25, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH16 min
Aug 25, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHKoochiching15 min
Aug 25, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH31 min
Aug 25, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH29 min
Aug 25, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis39 min
Aug 25, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis18 min
Aug 25, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH24 min
Aug 25, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH17 min
Aug 25, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH13 min
Aug 25, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH13 min
Aug 26, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine46 min
Aug 26, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass29 min
Aug 26, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass28 min
Aug 26, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass30 min
Aug 26, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca16 min
Aug 26, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis26 min
Aug 26, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSaint Louis30 min
Aug 26, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHLake33 min
Aug 26, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine35 min
Aug 26, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCook, Lake31 min
Aug 26, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine32 min
Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Carlton30 min
Aug 26, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis23 min
Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin32 min
Aug 26, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningDLH66 min
Aug 26, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Saint Louis33 min
Aug 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Saint Louis31 min
Aug 26, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHPine3 hr
Aug 26, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett30 min
Aug 26, 5:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett24 min
Aug 26, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett37 min
Aug 26, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHTaylor29 min
Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield24 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.