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Freezing Rain Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 22, 201011 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 22, 2010, 2:51 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 22, 2010, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2010, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2010, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 23, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 22, 2:34 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 2:34 PM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 12:11 PM CST, 2 hours 40 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
Jan 21, 6:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 20 more	6 hr
Jan 22, 3:27 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more	8 hr
Jan 22, 11:50 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more	28 hr
Jan 22, 11:50 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin and 17 more	28 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Minnesota, 2010 Freezing Rain Advisories in Wisconsin, 2010 Every freezing rain advisory 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.