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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 21, 20086 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 21, 2008, 2:12 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2008, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 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 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 Mar 20, 5:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 5:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:57 AM CDT, 21 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
457 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
211000-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
457 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLOWABLE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD TOWARD EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS
ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING...WHICH WOULD LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS IN THOSE AREAS.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND SIX INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE FOR A
PORTION OF THE AREA...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA...TO MINNEAPOLIS...TO RED WING. A NARROW BAND OF
HEAVIER SNOW MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...WITH ISOLATED
LOCATIONS RECEIVING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 8 INCHES.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND YOUR NWS OFFICE FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING LOCATIONS AND PROJECTED AMOUNTS OF SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LS

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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.