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Winter Weather Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 9, 200919 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 9, 2009, 2:47 PM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2009, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 11, 2009, 3:46 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 9, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 1:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 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
Mar 9, 3:37 AM CDT	Blizzard Watch	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	13 hr
Mar 9, 8:51 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 24 more	4 hr
Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	37 hr
Mar 9, 2:47 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 16 more	37 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2009 Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2009 Every 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.