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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 10, 200917 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Jan 10, 2009, 2:56 PM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 12, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2009, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 25 counties

Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 Jan 10, 2:50 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 2:50 PM CST, 6 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2009 Every winter storm watch in 2009

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.