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Winter Weather Advisory 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 18, 200823 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 18, 2008, 3:24 AM CST for 23 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 10:35 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2008, 3:24 AM CST (09:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2008, 10:35 AM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 29 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Dec 18, 2:47 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 2:47 AM CST, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:25 PM CST, 10 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 10:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	22 hr
Dec 18, 3:43 PM CST	Blizzard Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more	36 hr
Dec 18, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 23 more	36 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2008 Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2008 Every winter weather advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.