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Special Weather Statement, NWS Duluth, MN

August 3, 2018Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 5:53 PM CDT for Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2018, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2018, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

County Crow Wing County, MN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:15 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH19 hr
Aug 3, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHMorrison27 min
Aug 3, 10:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHMorrison13 min
Aug 3, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing14 min
Aug 3, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing13 min
Aug 3, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing36 min
Aug 3, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWadena23 min
Aug 3, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing43 min
Aug 3, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing11 min
Aug 3, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing14 min
Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing13 min
Aug 3, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing15 min
Aug 3, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing11 min
Aug 3, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca22 min
Aug 3, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin17 min
Aug 3, 2:47 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementDLHCarlton, Saint Louis5 hr
Aug 3, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHItasca10 min
Aug 3, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCrow Wing23 min
Aug 3, 3:32 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDLHIron, Price3 hr
Aug 3, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn9 min
Aug 3, 11:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer, Washburn24 min
Aug 3, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Washburn31 min
Aug 3, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer29 min
Aug 3, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn19 min
Aug 3, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer17 min
Aug 3, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer13 min
Aug 3, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice11 min
Aug 3, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice38 min
Aug 3, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas22 min
Aug 3, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas47 min
Aug 3, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland13 min
Aug 3, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price45 min
Aug 3, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron45 min
Aug 3, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland12 min
Aug 3, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron12 min
Aug 3, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron47 min
Aug 3, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron27 min
Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron13 min

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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.