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Winter Weather Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 21, 201525 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 21, 2015, 3:35 PM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 22, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2015, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 Mar 21, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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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.