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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 26, 201812 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at Apr 26, 2018, 9:20 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 26, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2018, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 26, 2018, 11:27 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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 25, 6:50 PM CDT, 14 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:50 PM CDT, 14 hours 30 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
Apr 26, 11:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 6 more	8 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.