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Winter Storm Watch 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 16, 201318 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Mar 16, 2013, 4:37 AM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 17, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2013, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2013, 6:07 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 35 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2013 Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2013 Every 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.