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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2026, 3:50 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 4, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2026, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 4, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DLH | Saint Louis | 94 min |
| Sep 3, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 67 min |
| Sep 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Itasca, Saint Louis | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 9:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 16 hr | |
| Sep 4, 1:07 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron | 16 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2026Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2026Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.