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Winter Weather Advisory 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 1, 201315 counties in Minnesota; Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at May 1, 2013, 3:54 AM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2013, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2013, 11:01 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 30, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 2:08 PM CDT, 13 hours 46 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
May 1, 3:54 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more	39 hr
May 1, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Rusk	48 hr
May 1, 1:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Rusk	4 days

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.