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Areal Flood Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 18, 2010Chippewa County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 18, 2010, 12:54 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Renville 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, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2010, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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, 18 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT, 18 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBenton, Stearns24 hr
Mar 18, 11:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWashington6 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every 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.