The Hayward area experienced a very wet period in late August and early September which brought about 4 to 7 inches of rain to the area. This included a particular large and heavy rain producing thunderstorm that went right through Hayward early on September 4th.
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The Hayward area experienced a very wet period in late August and early September which brought about 4 to 7 inches of rain to the area. This included a particular large and heavy rain producing thunderstorm that went right through Hayward early on September 4th. The rains from that thunderstorm did not cause substantial flooding. However, all the rain over the past days caused Smith Lake, which is north of Hayward, to flood. The rising waters of Smith Lake gradually overtopped the earthen dam that feeds into Smith Creek, which in turn runs through Hayward proper and feeds into Hayward Lake. The flooding along Smith Creek late September 5th affected at least several roads and many homes in the Shue's Pond area into September 7th. The city had to sandbag areas of the city. County and city officials requested the National Weather Service issue a flood warning to help get the word out.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 5, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 629 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 AREA RADARS SHOW SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WE INCREASED POPS A BIT OVER NORTHERN AREAS THIS EVENING. WE EXPECT THE SHOWERS TO MAKE IT FURTHER SOUTH AND TO LINGER LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 251 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 MAIN CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM REMAIN FOCUSED AROUND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AROUND THE I-FALLS AND NRN ST. LOUIS COUNTY REGION LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...WX CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN QUIET WITH COOL TEMPERATURES THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON. A LARGE SFC LOW OVER JAMES BAY CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH A TRAILING WEAK UPPER S/W DRAGGING ACROSS WRN ONTARIO...WHICH IS PRODUCING VERY LIGHT ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS INTO THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. A NARROW UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS NRN MN EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE NEXT QUICK-MOVING WAVE EXPECTED TO BRUSH THE BORDERLAND REGION AROUND INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND CRANE LAKE LATE THIS EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHC OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. AFTER THIS WAVE MOVES EWD LATE TONIGHT/SAT MORNING A MUCH MORE DOMINATE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND KEEPS CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD BECOME RATHER CHILLY WITH SOME LOCATIONS DROPPING INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER 40S WHERE SKIES CLEAR OUT. A LIGHT SW WIND COULD KEEP CONDITIONS MIXED ENOUGH TO ALLOW TEMPS FROM GETTING TOO COLD. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH AN ABUNDANT AMT OF SUNSHINE AND HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE. RELATIVELY STRONG MIXING WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES COULD DRAW DOWN WEST WINDS ALOFT AND PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...AND GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 251 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES TO THE UPPER MIDWEST ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTHERN MANITOBA BORDER LATE MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BREAK OUT FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND PUSH NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MONDAY EVENING AND MONDAY NIGHT. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY CONTINUING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE NORTHLAND BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CONTINUING THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY PERIOD WILL BE UNSETTLED AS THE REGION WILL BE UNDER CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL LEAD TO INSTABILITY SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL START IN THE 70S FOR HIGHS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...COOLING TO THE 60S ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FURTHER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID 40S OVER THE ARROWHEAD...WITH UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S ELSEWHERE. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING COLDER LATE NEXT WEEK SO FUTURE FORECASTS MAY NEED TO NUDGE HIGHS DOWNWARD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 A SHORTWAVE WILL PASS BY FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE THERE. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH A BRIEF DROP TO MVFR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 49 64 50 70 / 0 0 0 10 INL 41 65 45 70 / 30 0 10 10 BRD 49 67 49 74 / 0 0 0 10 HYR 44 66 47 73 / 0 0 0 10 ASX 47 67 49 71 / 0 0 0 10 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. && UPDATE...MELDE SHORT TERM...BJT LONG TERM...KK AVIATION...MELDE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 335 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-061030- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 335 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-061030- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- 335 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. HUYCK MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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