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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 21, 20184 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Mar 21, 2018, 3:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 23, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2018, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2018, 2:55 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 Mar 21, 3:04 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:04 PM CDT, 14 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.