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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 3, 201718 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Dec 3, 2017, 3:54 AM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 4, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2017, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 4, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 4, 2017, 4:14 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 31 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 3, 3:48 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 3:48 AM CST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 2, 10:33 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 3:14 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more	28 hr
Dec 3, 3:14 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 2 more	32 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2017 Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2017 Every winter storm watch in 2017

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.