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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 28, 200514 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Dec 28, 2005, 3:13 PM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2005, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2005, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2005, 11:57 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 25 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 28, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 6:55 AM CST, 8 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 4:15 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	8 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2005 Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2005 Every winter storm watch in 2005

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.