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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 28, 201313 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 28, 2013, 4:22 AM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2013, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 2013, 11:08 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 22 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 28, 3:35 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:35 AM CST, 47 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
Jan 28, 4:00 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more	11 hr
Jan 28, 2:33 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more	15 hr
Jan 28, 2:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Grant, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	15 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Minnesota, 2013 Freezing Rain Advisories in North Dakota, 2013 Every freezing rain advisory in 2013

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.