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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Duluth, MN

February 27, 20124 counties in Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 27, 2012, 3:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2012, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 3:35 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 26, 5:37 PM CST, 21 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 5:37 PM CST, 21 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 4:22 PM CST, 22 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more	52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

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.