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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Duluth, MN

May 21, 2026Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at May 21, 2026, 8:08 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 21, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2026, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 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 beach hazards 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 beach hazards statement went out at May 21, 6:08 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:08 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 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
May 21, 2:14 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	6 hr
May 21, 8:04 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	DLH		14 hr
May 21, 11:06 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	DLH	Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis	20 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2026 Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2026 Every beach hazards statement in 2026

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.