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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 13, 20115 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm watch at Apr 13, 2011, 2:33 PM MDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 14, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2011, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2011, 2:38 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 13, 2:22 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:22 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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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.