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Winter Weather Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 21, 2009, 2:28 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 21, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2009, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2009, 5:50 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 Dec 21, 11:47 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 11:47 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1130 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 221015- 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- 1130 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL EXPAND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. AN INCH MAY FALL AS FAR NORTH AS WILLMAR AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY RIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER A VERY LARGE AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2009Every winter weather advisory 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.