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Excessive Heat Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 201828 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 10, 2018, 4:02 AM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 11, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2018, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 11, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2018, 3:03 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat watch went out at Jul 9, 11:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 11:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	55 min
Jul 10, 3:03 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 24 more	52 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Minnesota, 2018 Every excessive heat watch in 2018

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.