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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 26, 201912 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Jan 26, 2019, 4:51 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 27, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2019, 4:51 AM CST (10:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 27, 2019, 4:21 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 29 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson 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, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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 Jan 26, 4:01 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 4:01 AM CST, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 3:16 PM CST, 13 hours 35 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
Jan 26, 2:42 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more	21 hr
Jan 26, 2:42 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 5 more	21 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2019 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2019 Every winter storm watch in 2019

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.