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Excessive Heat Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2011Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat watch at Jun 29, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT for Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 30, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 30, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2011, 3:17 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat watch went out at Jun 29, 3:53 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:53 AM CDT, 21 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
Jun 29, 3:17 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	53 hr
Jun 29, 3:17 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more	53 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Minnesota, 2011 Every excessive heat 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.