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Blizzard Watch 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 28, 200926 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard watch at Mar 28, 2009, 4:37 AM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2009, 3:12 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Mar 27, 8:34 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 8:34 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 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.