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Winter Storm Watch 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 26, 20199 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Apr 26, 2019, 3:15 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 27, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2019, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2019, 2:35 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Apr 26, 3:08 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:08 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:35 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more23 hr
Apr 26, 2:35 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Lac qui Parle and 12 more23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2019Every 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.