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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN

April 11, 2023Ashland County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2023, 2:33 PM CDT for Ashland County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 13, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2023, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2023, 2:33 PM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ashland County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bad River (WI) at Odanah (BDOW3). The gauge peaked at 9.07 ft at Apr 13, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8.5 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04027595, 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 Apr 11, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 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
Apr 11, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	41 hr
Apr 11, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DLH	Pine	21 hr
Apr 11, 3:52 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DLH	Aitkin, Crow Wing	44 hr
Apr 11, 3:55 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DLH	Crow Wing	47 hr
Apr 11, 1:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Ashland, Iron	6 days
Apr 11, 3:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Ashland	67 hr
Apr 11, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DLH	Bayfield	5 days

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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.