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Heavy Snow Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 30, 2006Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 30, 2006, 9:26 AM CST for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 30, 2006, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2006, 9:26 AM CST (15:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 31, 2006, 4:21 AM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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 heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Dec 30, 9:19 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 9:19 AM CST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:16 AM CST, 3 hours 10 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 30, 4:46 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more	29 hr
Dec 30, 4:46 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall	5 hr
Dec 30, 3:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena	18 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in North Dakota, 2006 Heavy Snow Warnings in Minnesota, 2006 Every heavy snow warning in 2006

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.