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Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 18, 2010Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 18, 2010, 10:48 AM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 18, 2010, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2010, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT, 16 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT, 16 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 12:50 PM CDT, 21 hours 58 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 18, 11:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Washington	6 days
Mar 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Renville	24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010 Every areal flood warning in 2010

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.