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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 30, 2013Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 30, 2013, 4:55 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2013, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 30, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 2:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 5:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	21 hr
Mar 30, 5:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	14 hr

Nearby

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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.