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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Mar 8, 2013, 4:52 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 8, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2013, 4:52 AM CST (10:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2013, 3:36 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 8, 3:55 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:55 AM CST, 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 19 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 7 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2013Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2013Every winter storm watch 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.