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Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 27, 20129 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 3:19 AM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 2012, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2012, 11:42 AM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 27, 3:19 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:19 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 6:24 PM CST, 8 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
624 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-280030-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
624 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO
CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ALONG
AND JUST NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON. THE
MAIN THREAT AREA APPEARS TO BE MINOT TO GRAND FORKS-MAYVILLE THEN
TO BEMIDJI-PARK RAPIDS. THE SNOW AREA WILL REACH THE RED RIVER
AFTER 3 AM AND REACH NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AFTER 6 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL END FRIDAY MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING IN THE
BEMIDJI-PARK RAPIDS AREA NEAR NOON. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS
FORECAST OVER PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY WITH VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DTR

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in North Dakota, 2012 Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2012 Every winter weather advisory 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.