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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Duluth, MN

September 19, 2024Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2024, 5:20 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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: Sep 19, 2024, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2024, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 19, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Sep 19, 1:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 1:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 4:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 4:48 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 5:09 PM CDT, 11 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
Sep 19, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Koochiching	27 min
Sep 19, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Crow Wing	23 min
Sep 19, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	33 min
Sep 19, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Itasca	28 min
Sep 19, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	23 min
Sep 19, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		33 min
Sep 19, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	17 min
Sep 19, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		21 min
Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	45 min
Sep 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	46 min
Sep 19, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Pine	12 min
Sep 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	35 min
Sep 19, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	46 min
Sep 19, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Carlton	37 min
Sep 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	DLH		63 min
Sep 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Carlton, Pine, Saint Louis	47 min
Sep 19, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	46 min
Sep 19, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH		23 min
Sep 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Carlton, Saint Louis	18 min
Sep 19, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	25 min
Sep 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	37 min
Sep 19, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Pine	23 min
Sep 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	30 min
Sep 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DLH	Pine	33 min
Sep 19, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	34 min
Sep 19, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	26 min
Sep 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	31 min
Sep 19, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Burnett, Washburn	39 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.