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Winter Storm Watch 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 26, 201916 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 26, 2019, 3:20 PM CST for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 28, 2019, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2019, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2019, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 27, 2019, 2:40 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison 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), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 Dec 26, 3:20 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:20 PM CST, 0 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.