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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 19, 201027 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 19, 2010, 3:28 AM CST for 27 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 20, 2010, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2010, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2010, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2010, 2:12 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 36 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Dec 19, 2:53 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 2:53 AM CST, 35 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
Dec 19, 2:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 32 more	38 hr
Dec 19, 2:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 7 more	22 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2010 Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2010 Every winter storm watch 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.