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Winter Weather Advisory 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 15, 201420 counties in Minnesota; Chippewa County, Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Apr 15, 2014, 4:54 PM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; Chippewa County, Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 16, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2014, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 23 counties

Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 15, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 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 15, 12:54 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more	42 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2014 Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2014 Every winter weather advisory in 2014

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.