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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 13, 20119 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freeze watch at Sep 13, 2011, 3:29 AM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2011, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2011, 3:37 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 27 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 freeze watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Sep 13, 3:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:09 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more	11 hr
Sep 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more	18 hr
Sep 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more	18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Minnesota, 2011 Freeze Watches in North Dakota, 2011 Every freeze watch in 2011

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.