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Winter Weather Advisory 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 22, 201325 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Apr 22, 2013, 3:02 AM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2013, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 23, 2013, 5:25 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 30 counties

Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Apr 22, 12:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 12:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 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
Apr 22, 3:02 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 22 more	26 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2013 Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2013 Every winter weather 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.