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Excessive Heat Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 23, 201335 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat watch at Aug 23, 2013, 11:30 AM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota; Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 25, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2013, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 25, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 37 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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 excessive heat watch 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 excessive heat watch went out at Aug 23, 5:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 5:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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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.