Dangerous Heat in the Central and Southern U.S.; Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains

Dangerous, prolonged heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley Tuesday, with damaging winds and large hail as the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Read More >

Original Planning Outage: The Duluth, MN, WSR-88D radar (KDLH) will be down for a long-term scheduled outage for much of this week. This is phase 2 of the WSR-88D Service Life Extension Program Upgrades (SLEP). The primary goal of this transmitter refurbishment phase of the program is to perform a comprehensive upgrade of a majority of the electronic “guts” of the radar transmitter system, including replacing old fuses with modern circuit breakers, and upgrading electronic cables and connectors to modern standards from the original hardware installed in the 1990s. Although the form, fit, and functionality of the transmitter will remain the same, the upgrade to modern hardware equipment will help keep the 24 year old radar operating smoothly for another 20 years. The KDLH radar is expected to be restored to service no later than Friday, February 1. Alternate adjacent WSR-88D radars are Grand Forks, ND (KMVX), Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), La Crosse, WI (KARX), Green Bay, WI (KGRB), and Marquette, MI (KMQT). In addition, Environment Canada meteorological radars at Dryden, Ontario (XDR) and Superior West, Ontario (XNI) that are available on the web and via some mobile phone apps provide some radar coverage over far northern Minnesota.

Latest Radar Status Message (if blank below, no recent updates):

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Message Date: Jul 17 2025 18:32:25

THE KDLH NEXRAD IS BACK IN SERVICE //DAS

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Dangerous Heat in the Central and Southern U.S.; Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains

Duluth Radar out of service through about February 1