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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 15, 201012 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2010, 12:54 PM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2010, 12:54 PM CST (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Dec 16, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Towner County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 15, 11:13 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 11:13 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 11:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Steele	19 hr

Nearby

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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.