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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 19, 20098 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at May 19, 2009, 2:53 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2009, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2009, 3:14 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at May 19, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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
May 19, 3:50 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	27 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Minnesota, 2009 Every fire weather 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.