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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

February 12, 20087 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Feb 12, 2008, 4:04 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 12, 2008, 3:11 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2008, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2008, 3:11 PM CST
Expired: Feb 13, 2008, 3:58 AM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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 Feb 12, 3:26 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 3:26 AM CST, 38 minutes before

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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.