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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

December 13, 20224 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this blizzard warning at Dec 13, 2022, 10:56 AM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 13, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2022, 10:56 AM CST (16:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 15, 2022, 10:17 AM CST
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 13, 5:44 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 5:44 AM CST, 5 hours 12 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
Dec 13, 9:54 AM CST	Gale Warning	DLH		52 hr

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.