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Fire Weather Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 13, 20156 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at Apr 13, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 14, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2015, 2:40 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 13, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Isanti26 min
Apr 12, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti29 min
Apr 12, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet30 min
Apr 13, 2:17 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMPXBenton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 11 more18 hr

Nearby

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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.