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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 21, 20159 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Dec 21, 2015, 3:27 AM CST for 9 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 22, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2015, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 22, 2015, 3:29 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 21, 3:26 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:26 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2015 Every winter storm watch in 2015

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.