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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 30, 200921 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 30, 2009, 5:44 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2009, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 30, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2009, 2:36 PM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 30 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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 30, 4:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 4:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 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.